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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of ''that peculiar institution''. William Styron''s ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner''s confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery - and that still sear the collective psyches of both races.



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Styron has brought to bear on the experience of the Afro-American his penetrating intelligence and his immense skills in creating character, writing dialogue and confronting explosive themes * Financial Times *
Immensely powerful and compelling * Spectator *
Magnificent...It is one of those rare books that show us our American past, our present - ourselves - is a dazzling shaft of light...A triumph * New York Times *

The Confessions of Nat Turner

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780099285564, 978-0099285564
      ISBN10: 0099285568

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

      In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of ''that peculiar institution''. William Styron''s ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner''s confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery - and that still sear the collective psyches of both races.



      Trade Review
      Styron has brought to bear on the experience of the Afro-American his penetrating intelligence and his immense skills in creating character, writing dialogue and confronting explosive themes * Financial Times *
      Immensely powerful and compelling * Spectator *
      Magnificent...It is one of those rare books that show us our American past, our present - ourselves - is a dazzling shaft of light...A triumph * New York Times *

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