| Título : | Forty Acres | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Dwayne Alexander Smith, Autor | | Editorial: | Faber and faber | | Fecha de publicación: | 2014 | | Número de páginas: | 524 p | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-571-31670-0 | | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) | | Palabras clave: | LITERATURA ESTADOUNIDENSE NOVELA ESTADOUNIDENSE THRILLER | | Clasificación: | S | | Resumen: | Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. He&;s dazzled by what they&;ve accomplished, and they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are. They invite him for a weekend away from it all&;no wives, no cell phones, no talk of business. But far from home and cut off from everyone he loves, he discovers a disturbing secret that challenges some of his deepest convictions&;
Martin finds out that his glittering new friends are part of a secret society dedicated to the preservation of the institution of slavery&;but this time around, the black men are called &;Master.&; Joining them seems to guarantee a future without limits; rebuking them almost certainly guarantees his death. Trapped inside a picture-perfect, make-believe world that is home to a frightening reality, Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.
A novel of rage and compassion, good and evil, trust and betrayal, Forty Acres is the thought-provoking story of one man&;s desperate attempt to escape the clutches of a terrifying new moral order. |
Forty Acres [texto impreso] / Dwayne Alexander Smith, Autor . - Londres : Faber and faber, 2014 . - 524 p. ISBN : 978-0-571-31670-0 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) | Palabras clave: | LITERATURA ESTADOUNIDENSE NOVELA ESTADOUNIDENSE THRILLER | | Clasificación: | S | | Resumen: | Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. He&;s dazzled by what they&;ve accomplished, and they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are. They invite him for a weekend away from it all&;no wives, no cell phones, no talk of business. But far from home and cut off from everyone he loves, he discovers a disturbing secret that challenges some of his deepest convictions&;
Martin finds out that his glittering new friends are part of a secret society dedicated to the preservation of the institution of slavery&;but this time around, the black men are called &;Master.&; Joining them seems to guarantee a future without limits; rebuking them almost certainly guarantees his death. Trapped inside a picture-perfect, make-believe world that is home to a frightening reality, Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.
A novel of rage and compassion, good and evil, trust and betrayal, Forty Acres is the thought-provoking story of one man&;s desperate attempt to escape the clutches of a terrifying new moral order. |
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