12 Years a Slave (Movie Tie-In) Tapa blanda - 2013

Detalles

• Título 12 Years a Slave (Movie Tie-In)
• Autor Solomon Northup; Henry Louis Gates (Editor); Introduction by Ira Berlin
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición MTI
• Páginas 304
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Penguin Books, New York
• Fecha de publicación 2013-09-04
• Ilustrado Sí
• Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Movie/TV Tie-In
• ISBN 9780143125419 / 0143125419
• Peso 0.47 libras (0.21 kg)
• Dimensiones 7.81 x 5.09 x 0.76 pulgadas (19.84 x 12.93 x 1.93 cm)
• Época de 18 a UP años
• Cursos 13 - UP
• Nivel de lectura 1200
• Temas
  • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
  • Cultural Region: Deep South
  • Cultural Region: Mid-South
  • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
  • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
  • Topical: Black History
• Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Slaves - United States
• Dewey Decimal Code B

“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword

“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Root

“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.” —The Daily Beast
 
“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.” —The Hollywood Reporter