{"product_id":"9781925240702","title":"Between the World and Me","description":"Author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925240702\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Jul 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the story of race and America has remained a brutally simple one, written on flesh: it is the story of the black body, exploited to create the country's foundational wealth, violently segregated to unite a nation after a civil war, and, today, still disproportionately threatened, locked up and killed in the streets. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can America reckon with its fraught racial history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is Ta-Nehisi Coates' attempt to answer those questions, presented in the form of a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son-and readers-the story of his own awakening to the truth about history and race through a series of revelatory experiences: immersion in nationalist mythology as a child; engagement with history, poetry and love at Howard University; travels to Civil War battlefields and the South Side of Chicago; a journey to France that reorients his sense of the world; and pilgrimages to the homes of mothers whose children's lives have been taken as American plunder. Taken together, these stories map a winding path towards a kind of liberation-a journey from fear and confusion, to a full and honest understanding of the world as it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterfully woven from lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful new framework for understanding America's history and current crisis, and a transcendent vision for a way forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner, National Book Award for Non-Fiction, United States, 2015\u003cbr\u003eWinner, Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction, United States, 2015\u003cbr\u003eWinner, PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, United States, 2016\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted, National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, United States, 2015\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, United States, 2016","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165333303454,"sku":"UBD-9781925240702","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925240702.jpg?v=1787134636","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925240702","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}