13 x 19.8 cm, 480 pages

Langue : Français

Publié 14 avril 2021 par Au diable vauvert.

ISBN :
979-10-307-0408-2
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4 étoiles (4 critiques)

Dana, jeune femme noire d’aujourd’hui, se retrouve propulsée au temps de l’esclavage dans une plantation du Sud et y rencontre ses ancêtres…

UN ROMAN D’AVENTURE QUI EXPLORE LES IMPACTS DU RACISME, DU SEXISME ET DE LA SUPRÉMATIE BLANCHE.

« Je la tiens pour une des auteures les plus inspirantes de notre génération. » Virginie Despentes

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Still powerful almost half a century on

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Such an original and captivating storyline

5 étoiles

What a book. I was drawn in by the horrifying scenario that Dana found herself trapped in, but the examination of how slavery was so normalized, and how evil the institution of chattel slavery was.

I happened to have been in the middle of this book when a conspiracy theorist, racist member of my extended family brought up how whites are unfairly blamed for slavery. It made me realize that while the practice of owning people as slaves is gone, the same anti-black philosophy is still thriving among white men.

The idea that my family member or his ilk would tacitly endorse the return of slavery is slim, but, in finding themselves in Kevin's shoes might think similarly that "Hey, this isn't as bad as I thought it would be..."