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The Great American Read: Our Editors’ Favorites
Here are our editors’ top picks from PBS’s list of America’s favorite books.
Publicado em 23 de Maio de 2018
The Color Purple
Alice Walker“A Pulitzer Prize winner, a film, and now a Broadway show that’s on its second tour, it’s no wonder that ‘The Color Purple’ made it onto the list of America’s favorite books. It follows the story of Celie, a poor black woman in rural Georgia, and her attempt to rise above the unlucky hand she’s been dealt.” — Karyne
The Sun Also Rises: The Hemingway Library Edition
Ernest Hemingway“Hemingway’s first novel is also considered his best, most beloved work. It combines everything that came to be known as classic Hemingway — a roman à clef about the expats of the Lost Generation living in Europe, watching bullfights, with wounds from World War I still sore. This special Hemingway Library Edition has extras that give new insight into a brilliant author’s writing process.” — Ashley
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
Zora Neale Hurston“This powerful, beloved classic has earned a passionate following (as well as intense reactions for its sexuality). An anthropologist, Hurston beautifully illuminates dialect in a moving tale rooted in the people and histories of the South. Read this stunner, then read her newly released, never-before-published story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade.” — Katie
Tales of the City: A Novel
Armistead Maupin“You don’t have to live in San Francisco to be blown away by this novel, which reads more like a love letter to the beloved city by the bay. Come for the wonderful cast of characters, stay for their thrilling adventures, and be entertained throughout.” — Karyne
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins“Equipped with only a bow and a heart of gold, Katniss Everdeen caught cultural fire, igniting the rebel in us all. A brilliant, action-packed social commentary on media manipulation that defines the dystopian YA genre.” — Ashley