The Water Dancer
Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780241982518
£8.99
Book Description
One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven’t felt this way since I first read Beloved…’ – Oprah Winfrey
Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about – the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully today.
Hiram Walker is a man with a secret, and a war to win. A war for the right to life, to family, to freedom.
Born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won’t discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war on slavery…
‘A transcendent work from a crucial political and literary artist’ – Diana Evans
‘I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly, it is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ – Toni Morrison
