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The son of an African father and white American mother discusses his childhood in Hawaii, his struggle to find his identity as an African American, and his life accomplishments.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this iconic memoir of his early days, future PresidentBarack Obama "guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race" (The Washington Post Book World).
"Quite extraordinary."-Toni Morrison
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father-a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man-has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey-first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Praise for Dreams from My Father
"Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams's Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America's racial categories."-Scott Turow
"Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither."-The New York Times Book Review
"Obama's writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring."-Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here
"One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I've ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel."-Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of In My Place
"Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author's journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white."-Marian Wright Edelman
"Quite extraordinary."-Toni Morrison
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father-a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man-has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey-first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Praise for Dreams from My Father
"Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams's Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America's racial categories."-Scott Turow
"Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither."-The New York Times Book Review
"Obama's writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring."-Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here
"One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I've ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel."-Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of In My Place
"Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author's journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white."-Marian Wright Edelman
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
15. Januar 2007
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
464
Altersempfehlung
von 14 bis 18 Jahren
Autor/Autorin
Barack Obama
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
gebunden
Gewicht
736 g
Größe (L/B/H)
243/167/41 mm
ISBN
9780307383419
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Pressestimmen
? ; Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race.
Washington Post Book World
Beautifully crafted moving and candid This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride s The Color of Water and Greg Williams s Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America s racial categories.
Scott Turow
Provocative Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.
The New York Times Book Review
One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I ve ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In Dreams from My Father Barack Obama takes us on a probing journey in a search for the truths about family and race. Obama s writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring.
Alex Kotlowitz
Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author s journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white.
Marian Wright Edelman
Washington Post Book World
Beautifully crafted moving and candid This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride s The Color of Water and Greg Williams s Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America s racial categories.
Scott Turow
Provocative Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.
The New York Times Book Review
One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I ve ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In Dreams from My Father Barack Obama takes us on a probing journey in a search for the truths about family and race. Obama s writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring.
Alex Kotlowitz
Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author s journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white.
Marian Wright Edelman