Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae Hardcov

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Pulling the Chariot of the Sun by Shane McCrae An unforgettable memoir of a mixed-race child kidnapped and raised by his white supremacist grandparents FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Shane McCrae was eighteen months old, he was removed from his parents and taken to suburban Texas. His mother was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him. In the years that followed, they manipulated and controlled him, believing they were doing what was best for him. His grandmother loved Shane but hated people who looked like him. His grandfather policed any perceived signs of Blackness his grandson showed. In their house, Blackness would always be the worst thing about him.Pulling the Chariot of the Sun is a revelatory account of what it can mean to be Black in America, written with virtuosity and heart by one of the finest poets writing today. This memoir offers acute insight into the larger story of a people stolen from their homes, dominated by white supremacy and lied to about their own history. And it illuminates how we all might be made whole again, through a tireless search for the truth and the joyful pursuit of what we love. Author Biography Shane McCraes most recent books are The Gilded Auction Block and Sometimes I Never Suffered. He has received a Whiting Award, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Lannan Literary Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.@akasomeguy Review A moving, slippery and imagistic prose memoir by one of my favourite lyric poets writing today - RAYMOND ANTROBUSShane McCraes powerful, indelible poets voice has now extended to the memoir, and how fortunate are we that the very things that distinguish his verse - truth-telling, sharp observation, more than a sense of the moment, profundity worn lightly - grace his harrowing and enlightening tale about race and what makes an American family and why. An essential story for our times - HILTON ALSPulling the Chariot of the Sun is the kind of story that pulls you right in with its voice, the kind of book that sways you with heart-wrenching honesty and beautiful music. There is something magnetic to this storytelling, which gives us an incantation of memory that is as moving as it is spellbinding. For what tears up the family in this book is what tears up this country still, prevents it from finding itself. McCraes voice is vulnerable and direct and precise, the voice of a poet who teaches us again what musical prose can do. This is such a compelling and necessary book - ILYA KAMINSKYShane McCraes extraordinary memoir is a kinaesthetic feat in the art of remembering, a complex layering of, and a laying bare of, the trauma of a stolen Black identity. Each meticulous, mellifluous, sentence charts a journey with multiple detours, dead ends and unexpected destinations. It is befitting that catharsis comes through language itself, the language of poetry. Ambitious and profound, this book will leave an indelible imprint on the mind of the reader - PATIENCE AGBABIA precise articulation of memory, its making and unmaking, McCraes book is a vivid, churning and compulsive account of one mans personal reckoning with race, prejudice and the ideologies that haunt modern America. Written with a sharp and constantly-searching language, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun is as acute in its thinking as it is brave in its emotional charge - SEN HEWITT Details ISBN1838854193 Author Shane McCrae Pages 272 Publisher Canongate Books Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781838854195 Format Hardcover Imprint Canongate Books Subtitle A Memoir of a Kidnapping Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-09-07 ISBN-10 1838854193 Edition Description Main Alternative 9781838854218 Audience General DEWEY 811.6 Publication Date 2023-09-14 UK Release Date 2023-09-14 NZ Release Date 2023-11-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:144734465;

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