Confessions of Nat Turner - Softcover

William Styron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553146688 ISBN 13: 9780553146684

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1981

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.

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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)

From the Publisher:

A first-person narrative that depicts a good man's transformation into an avenging angel

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0553146688
• ISBN 13: 9780553146684
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback