Sing, Unburied, Sing

Resumen del libro

'This wrenching new novel by Jesmyn Ward digs deep into the not-buried heart of the American nightmare. A must' Margaret Atwood

'A powerfully alive novel haunted by ghosts; a road trip where people can go but they can never leave; a visceral and intimate drama that plays out like a grand epic, Sing, Unburied, Sing is staggering' Marlon James, Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015

An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing examines the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power - and limitations - of family bonds.
Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. His mother, Leonie, is in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is black and her children's father is white. Embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances, she wants to be a better mother, but can't put her children above her own needs, especially her drug use.
When the children's father is released from prison, Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm, the State Penitentiary. At Parchman, there is another boy, the ghost of a dead inmate who carries all of the ugly history of the South with him in his wandering. He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons, about legacies, about violence, about love.
Rich with Ward's distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first century America. It is a majestic new work from an extraordinary and singular author.

Biografía del autor

esmyn Ward (1977, DeLisle, Mississipí) és una de les veus de la literatura nord-americana i afroamericana amb més projecció dels últims anys. Amb la seva última novel-la, Canteu, esperits, canteu, la primera traduïda al català, ha guanyat el National Book Award de ficció 2017, premi que ja va obtenir amb Salvage the Bones (2011), cosa que lx{0026} x02019;ha convertit en la primera dona x{0026} x02014;i fins al moment, lx{0026} x02019;únicax{0026} x02014; que rep el guardó en dues ocasions. Lx{0026} x02019;autora es va llicenciar en llengua anglesa i va decidir dedicar-se a lx{0026} x02019;escriptura després de la mort del seu germà, una experiència que relata al llibre Men we Reaped (2013), finalista del premi National Book Critics Circle dx{0026} x02019;autobiografia. La seva prosa retrata la difícil realitat de la comunitat negra i empobrida de Mississipí i ha estat comparada amb la dx{0026} x02019;autors com William Faulkner i Toni Morrison.