Yiyun Li 3 Books Collection Set (Things in Nature Merely Grow ,The Book of Goose &A Thousand Years of Good Prayers)

Yiyun Li 3 Books Collection Set (Things in Nature Merely Grow ,The Book of Goose &A Thousand Years of Good Prayers)

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Yiyun Li 3 Books Collection Set (Things in Nature Merely Grow ,The Book of Goose &A Thousand Years of Good Prayers)Description Titles in the Set: Things in Nature Merely Grow: The Book of Goose: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Condition: BRAND NEW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780340902967 Things in Nature Merely Grow: There is no good way to say this because words fall short. In this remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance, Li turns to thinking and searching for words that might hold a place for her son, James. Li does the things that work: including not just

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This is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by William Styron (the author of Sophie’s Choice). It is based on a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831, lead by Nate Turner. Turner’s capture and confession is the basis of this book. The novel is told in a 1st person narrative and is largely the work of Styron’s imagination. While it is brilliantly written Styron does include graphic scenes of highly erotic obsessions with various white women and one of the most vivid homosexual encounters in modern literature. Probably because of these scenes Styron was savaged by many of the leading black artists of the day but the book has endured the criticism and is, in many ways, an American Classic. Slavery is an indelible stain on the fabric of American culture. It will never be washed away. Turner is an aesthetic, a religious fanatic, a brilliant, tormented misanthropic, homicidal nihilist. His band of followers slaughters 52 men, women, and children. In retribution the white slaughter 200 blacks. Turner is captured, interrogated, and executed. Instead of inspiring a region wide uprising, he is brought down by his fellow blacks fighting alongside the plantation owners. It is a difficult book to read but it is a book that really should be read.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013

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Bill Allen

Chelsea, US

★★★★★ 5

“The Confessions of Nat Turner” William Styron, 1966 Compelling ...

“The Confessions of Nat Turner” William Styron, 1966 Compelling is the word that comes to mind. This is a work of fiction based upon the actual event of Turners 1831 bloody insurrection. It is my option that a reasonably accurate portrayal of slave life and slave/slave owner relationships is presented. I will say that for my own part that, most of the time I was rooting for Nat. I don’t know that I have a clear understanding of Nat’s hatred except in the obvious; except for his education, why was his hatred so deep as to cause him to this violence? (In an afterword, Styron states that he believes Nat was insane but that in his novel he did not want an insane Nat) A thought that I had as I read the accounting was what if Turner had directed his energies toward educating other slaves? (Of course this would have been illegal but Nat’ owmer educated him.) A compelling read and I’m giving it 5 full stars.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015

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Lavender

Birmingham, US

★★★★★ 5

Extraordinary Chronicle of an Avenging Warrior

I purchased this book, although I had read this several years ago. My interest to revisit the novel was aroused when I read The Good Lord Bird and viewed the series. There are strong parallels in the struggles and the motivations explored in these works. Styron is a talented writer who makes this history come alive and gather relevance. The brutal consequences of an impossible circumstance lives on through this century as the legacy of slavery is explored in splendid literary works such as this powerful novel. I highly recommend it.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021