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Makeda Copertina flessibile – 3 novembre 2011
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--Booklist
"Hypnotic . . . one of the finest novels this year . . . [Robinson] is a gifted storyteller."
--Essence
"Makeda is beyond ambitious and imaginative . . . well written and powerful, with an ending that is equal parts tragic and romantic in nature . . . a breathtaking revelation, weighted with romance and lovely passionate prose."
--New York Journal of Books
"Robinson is not only exploring what it means to be black. His theme of knowing the past before planning the future applies to all cultures, all people. Pick up this odyssey of family drama, history and love, and be prepared to consider your own beginnings."
--Shelf Awareness
Makeda Gee Florida Harris March is a proud matriarch, the anchor and emotional bellwether who holds together a hard-working African American family living in 1950s Richmond, Virginia. Lost in shadow is Makeda's grandson Gray, who begins escaping into the magical world of Makeda's tiny parlor.
Makeda, a woman blind since birth but who has always dreamed in color, begins to confide in Gray the things she "sees" and remembers from her dream state, and a story emerges that is layered with historical accuracy beyond the scope of Makeda's limited education. Gradually, Gray begins to make a connection between his gr
Part coming-of-age story, part spiritual journey, and part love story, Makeda is a universal tale of family, heritage, and the ties that bind. Randall Robinson plumbs the hearts of Makeda and Gray and summons our collective blood memories, taking the reader on an unforgettable journey of the soul that will linger long after the last page has been turned.
- Lunghezza stampa318 pagine
- LinguaInglese
- EditoreAkashic Books
- Data di pubblicazione3 novembre 2011
- Dimensioni14.48 x 2.54 x 20.83 cm
- ISBN-101617750220
- ISBN-13978-1617750229
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Dalla seconda/terza di copertina
"Makeda teases, provokes, challenges, and illuminates the complex, painful, and joyous personal and collective journeys in search of family, identity, love, and place that define us. Like the protagonist Makeda&;s many incarnations, this haunting novel of return reminds us that we are all part of something far greater than ourselves, or this moment."
—Jill Nelson, author of the New York Times best seller Volunteer Slavery
"Randall Robinson is not only a legendary freedom fighter, but also a towering public intellectual and powerful novelist. His fascinating new work, Makeda, has great mind, heart, and soul!"
—Cornel West, author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
"Makeda is brilliant and path-breaking, filled with passion and compassion. It took hold in my heart and wouldn&;t let go. A scholar and a poet uncompromisingly committed to justice, Randall Robinson is a rare and exquisite writer. This novel will burn in your brain long after you have left its haunting pages."
—Susan L. Taylor, former editor in chief of Essence magazine
"Makeda is a soaring, wrenching, and ultimately revealing glimpse into the roles within a powerful matriarchal family . . . A must read for anyone who wants to appreciate history, the role of women, and the significance of transferring ideas, goals, and ambitions from one generation to the next."
—Charles J. Ogletree Jr., author of The Presumption of Guilt
"Luminous and magical; in Makeda, Robinson has created a brilliant and well-imagined work."
—Bernice L. McFadden, award-winning author of Glorious
"In Robinson's majestic prose and sweeping historical vision, the tongues of Virginia Woolf, Gabriel García Márquez, and Toni Morrison blend to remind us that we can renew our souls in the eyes of ancestors who return to us in whatever way our lives demand."—Michael Eric Dyson, author of Know What I Mean?
“Rich and detailed . . . Makeda is a lively and irresistible story about family and the coming-of-age of an intelligent black man in twentieth-century America. At once tender, intellectually daring, and emotionally unsettling, Makeda joins that short list of great American novels.&;
—Kwame Dawes, award-winning author of She&;s Gone
“I have always loved Randall Robinson, and with Makeda I love him more.&;
—Bertice Berry, author of Redemption Song
“Above all is Robinson&;s way with language; his development of characters who float mythically through a story of epic proportions.&;
—Herb Boyd, author of Baldwin&;s Harlem
"In Robinson's majestic prose and sweeping historical vision, the tongues of Virginia Woolf, Gabriel García Márquez, and Toni Morrison blend to remind us that we can renew our souls in the eyes of ancestors who return to us in whatever way our lives demand."Michael Eric Dyson, author of Know What I Mean?
Rich and detailed . . . Makeda is a lively and irresistible story about family and the coming-of-age of an intelligent black man in twentieth-century America. At once tender, intellectually daring, and emotionally unsettling, Makeda joins that short list of great American novels.
Kwame Dawes, award-winning author of Shes Gone
I have always loved Randall Robinson, and with Makeda I love him more.
Bertice Berry, author of Redemption Song
Above all is Robinsons way with language; his development of characters who float mythically through a story of epic proportions.
Herb Boyd, author of Baldwins Harlem
Dalla quarta di copertina
"Makeda teases, provokes, challenges, and illuminates the complex, painful, and joyous personal and collective journeys in search of family, identity, love, and place that define us. Like the protagonist Makedas many incarnations, this haunting novel of return reminds us that we are all part of something far greater than ourselves, or this moment."
Jill Nelson, author of the New York Times best seller Volunteer Slavery
"Randall Robinson is not only a legendary freedom fighter, but also a towering public intellectual and powerful novelist. His fascinating new work, Makeda, has great mind, heart, and soul!"
Cornel West, author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir
"Makeda is brilliant and path-breaking, filled with passion and compassion. It took hold in my heart and wouldnt let go. A scholar and a poet uncompromisingly committed to justice, Randall Robinson is a rare and exquisite writer. This novel will burn in your brain long after you have left its haunting pages."
Susan L. Taylor, former editor in chief of Essence magazine
"Makeda is a soaring, wrenching, and ultimately revealing glimpse into the roles within a powerful matriarchal family . . . A must read for anyone who wants to appreciate history, the role of women, and the significance of transferring ideas, goals, and ambitions from one generation to the next."
Charles J. Ogletree Jr., author of The Presumption of Guilt
"Luminous and magical; in Makeda, Robinson has created a brilliant and well-imagined work."
Bernice L. McFadden, award-winning author of Glorious
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- Editore : Akashic Books (3 novembre 2011)
- Lingua : Inglese
- Copertina flessibile : 318 pagine
- ISBN-10 : 1617750220
- ISBN-13 : 978-1617750229
- Peso articolo : 332 g
- Dimensioni : 14.48 x 2.54 x 20.83 cm
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Even the love story is described more than shown: Gray says he can talk to Jeanne about matters he could not share with his family, but there are no examples of such conversations, and he admits to his grandmother that he hasn't been open with her about himself. What does she see in him right from the start? Having finished the book, I still don't know.
On the positive side, had Robinson written a nonfiction book about the societies in which Makeda's soul once lived (and perhaps he has), I likely would not have read it. I would never have heard of the Dogon people of Mali and their knowledge of astronomy, nor the Lalibela churches in Ethiopia, nor that the Queen of Sheba was dark black and queen of both Sheba or Saba in Arabia and Axum or Aksum in Ethiopia, according to some scholars and Ethiopian tradition. In this, Robinson has succeeded at what seems to have been the main aim of his book.

I expected to be intrigued by the relationship between the boy shared with his grandmother, and by the theme of reincarnation that runs throughout the story.
I didn’t expect to have a breakthrough insight into the Black experience.
I’m so grateful to have read this book when I did, in the wake of two deaths-by-cop of Black men, and the racial unrest that has taken over the country.
I believe this book is a blessing to people of all colors.
