James McBride

The Good Lord Bird (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
'Just so brilliant'
John Green

'Wildly entertaining. A rollicking saga about one of America's earliest abolitionists'
People

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856.

When an argument between Henry's master and legendary abolitionist John Brown turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town - along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm.

An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure story and a moving exploration of identity and survival.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399632478
• Artikelnr.: 72843865

Autorenporträt

James McBride

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Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

Winner of the Morning News Tournament of Books

"A brilliant romp of a novel McBride pulls off his portrait masterfully, like a modern-day Mark Twain." The New York Times Book Review

"You may know the story of John Brown's unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry, but author James McBride's retelling of the events leading up to it is so imaginative, you'll race to the finish." NPR

"A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel ...There is something deeply humane in this [story], something akin to the work of Homer or Mark Twain. The Washington Post

Wildly entertaining a rollicking saga about one of America s earliest abolitionists. People

"McBride delivers another tour de force...A fascinating mix of history and mystery." Essence

"A story that's difficult to put down." Ebony

Outrageously entertaining rockets toward its inevitable and, yes, knee-slapping conclusion. Never has mayhem been this much of a humdinger. USA Today

An impressively deep comedy. Salon Both breezy and sharp, a rare combination outside of Twain. You should absolutely read it. New York Magazine

"Superbly written....McBride...transcends history and makes it come alive." The Chicago Tribune

"Absorbing and darkly funny." San Francisco Chronicle

"An irrepressibly fun read." The Seattle Times

"The Good Lord Bird is just so brilliant. It had everything I want in a novel and left me feeling both transported and transformed." John Green

"[McBride's] effervescent young narrator is pitch-perfect and wholly original." Geraldine Brooks