David Bradley (1) (1950–)
Autor/a de The Chaneysville Incident
Per altres autors anomenats David Bradley, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: David Henry Bradley, Jr.
Obres de David Bradley
Obres associades
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Col·laborador — 270 exemplars
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories (2002) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Bradley, David Henry Jr.
- Data de naixement
- 1950-09-07
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
- Relacions
- Bradley, David Henry Sr. (Vader)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- També de
- 5
- Membres
- 515
- Popularitat
- #48,205
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 88
- Llengües
- 3
- Preferit
- 1
This is the story of a historian putting his craft to practical use in searching for the mystery behind his father's suicide/murder/accidental death (turns out to be suicide, as far as the historian is concerned). It is also the story of a young black man raised in a Pennsylvanian county where racism and bigotry still manage to exist, and his efforts to raise himself above those roots while still being bound to them. It is also the story of a young black man who feels profound hatred towards whites, yet who finds his romantic connections with white women.
It is, in short, the story of conflict and the realization that some conflicts cannot be resolved, but must be accepted and dealt with rationally. It is the story about seeking - and accepting - the truth. It is also the story about the need we have to find coherence and continuity to our lives.
This is, in fact, two books. The first is about the black experience in America. The second is about the natural desire all people have to understand themselves. Bradley does well, perhaps, in articulating the two books, but in the effort to combine them into one story I believe he fails. Ultimately, the story meanders too much between too many subplots with only a few reaching some conclusion, and with very little conviction in many of them.
The last third of the book is quixotic: it is maybe the most fulfilling part of the novel, and displays excellent literary talent; it also seems to arise out of nowhere, as if it could suffice as the conclusion to what is, in the end, an extremely complex novel.… (més)