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14+ obres 13,388 Membres 467 Ressenyes 5 preferits

Sobre l'autor

James McBride studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He was a staff writer for The Boston Globe, People Magazine, and The Washington Post. His works include the memoir The Color of Water, the biography mostra'n més Kill 'Em and Leave, and two novels entitled Miracle at St. Anna and Song Yet Sung. He wrote the screenplay for Miracle at St. Anna when it was made into a movie in 2008. He won the National Book Award for The Good Lord Bird. He is a saxophonist and former sideman for jazz legend Jimmy Scott. He has written songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., Gary Burton, and Barney, the PBS television character. He received the Stephen Sondheim Award and the Richard Rodgers Foundation Horizon Award for his musical Bo-Bos co-written with playwright Ed Shockley. In 2005, he published the first volume of a CD-based documentary about life as lived by low-profile jazz musicians entitled The Process. He is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: 2018 National Book Festival By Avery Jensen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72641767

Obres de James McBride

The Good Lord Bird (2013) 2,044 exemplars
Deacon King Kong (2020) 1,651 exemplars
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) 1,388 exemplars
Miracle at St. Anna (2002) 832 exemplars
Song Yet Sung (2008) 754 exemplars
Five-Carat Soul (2017) 281 exemplars
Miracle at St. Anna [2008 film] (2008) — Screenwriter/Original book — 28 exemplars
Goat 2 exemplars

Obres associades

Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural (1998) — Col·laborador — 138 exemplars
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers (2003) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
Once Upon a Childhood: Stories and Memories of American Youth (2004) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
An Introduction To: The Joy Luck Club (2006) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1957-09-11
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
New York, New York, USA
Educació
Oberlin College

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McBride does it again. He just writes immersive community so so well. He loves cramming all the people together. So many characters! My only problem is there is so much detail, sometimes five examples of something, even for "side" characters, which is fine until I have to read about the KKK guy's relative from hundreds of years ago? McBride's writing is so fictionally fact filled, it ends up seeming like a history book of sorts, rather than something more purple prosey, which I guess is what I prefer as a reader. But McBride is great at the sort of books he writes, rather than purple prose, which I don't think is his goal. But I also can't deny that it's just wonderful to have his books be so much about Community and all hands on deck to solve problems, no matter who a person happens to be. I think 'Deacon King Kong' has only grown better in my mind, and this one is almost just as good.
*Book #150/340 I have read of the shortlisted Morning News Tournament of Books
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booklove2 | Hi ha 65 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
2.75 Hard to push through story.

Frustrated with the plotting and prose. There were far too many characters which made the story hard to follow at times. If it were not for it being a buddy read, I would have DNF'd the book three chapters in. Dodo's story caught me and helped me to finish. I do not know why there were so many subplots and how that was suppose to benefit the story. I was not sure he McBride would ever get back to the mystery in the beginning. The pacing was uneven, which made it hard to stay engaged. Overall, this is not a book that I would reach for again.… (més)
 
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mybookloveobsession | Hi ha 65 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
Creation of a black and Jewish society in the North. The author proves to be adept at both plot and character development. Both the black and Jewish societies develop somewhat closed to their surroundings but still are quite rich and interesting. Symbolic of the whole challenge of an isolated group OSs the young boy Dodo who is deaf dumb and has impaired vision because of the explosion of his mother’s stove. He adapts and in the end leads a satisfying life.
 
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waldhaus1 | Hi ha 65 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
I, like several other reviewers wanted and expected to love this book. I had read two others by the author and enjoyed them both, particularly Deacon King Kong. However, i was very disappointed. The stories involved negros, Jews and other immigrant groups, however, it often became overwhelmed with characters and plot lines.
 
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AstridG | Hi ha 65 ressenyes més | Mar 9, 2024 |

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Obres
14
També de
7
Membres
13,388
Popularitat
#1,740
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
467
ISBN
224
Llengües
13
Preferit
5

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