Between the World and Me

Was bedeutet es, als Schwarzer in Amerika zu leben? In einer Gesellschaft, in der, nach Jahrhunderten der Sklaverei und des Rassismus, das Risiko, Opfer von Polizeigewalt zu werden oder im Gefängnis zu landen, für Schwarze noch immer höher ist als für jede andere Bevölkerungsgruppe. Wie fühlt es sich an? In Form eines Briefes an seinen 15-jährigen Sohn schreibt der vielfach ausgezeichnete Journalist und Buchautor Ta-Nehisi Coates über seine persönlichen Erfahrungen als junger Schwarzer und die schwierige Suche nach der eigenen Identität. Daraus entsteht ein authentisches und aktuelles Porträt einer Gesellschaft, deren Geschichte des Rassismus bis heute nachwirkt.

"Between the World and Me" er skrevet som et brev til forfatterens teenagesøn, hvor Ta-Nehisi Coates deler sine oplevelser og de følelser, symboler og realiteter, der er forbundet til livet som sort i det amerikanske samfund. I bogen gennemgår Coates Amerikas lange historie af undertrykkelse af og racisme mod sorte mennesker - og den uundskyldelige politibrutalitet mod sorte unge. "Between the World and Me" er en barsk, rørende og uforsonlig bog om, hvordan den amerikanske drøm for en stor del af befolkningen snarere er et mareridt.

"Between the World and Me" er skrevet som et brev til forfatterens teenagesøn, hvor Ta-Nehisi Coates deler sine oplevelser og de følelser, symboler og realiteter, der er forbundet til livet som sort i det amerikanske samfund. I bogen gennemgår Coates Amerikas lange historie af undertrykkelse af og racisme mod sorte mennesker - og den uundskyldelige politibrutalitet mod sorte unge. "Between the World and Me" er en barsk, rørende og uforsonlig bog om, hvordan den amerikanske drøm for en stor del af befolkningen snarere er et mareridt.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME 'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" - NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race" ( Rolling Stone ) NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY - NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN - NAMED ONE OF PASTE ' S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York, Newsday, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men--bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son--and readers--the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME 'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" - NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race" ( Rolling Stone ) NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY - NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN - NAMED ONE OF PASTE ' S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York, Newsday, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men--bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son--and readers--the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.