De manera que si un ha agradat, és possible que aquest també ho faci. Inevitablement, abans de conèixer l'anècdota d'Still aquesta història m'ha recordat molt al 'Ferrocarril subterrani' de Whitehead.

Ta-Nehisi Coates és un dels pensadors actuals més reconeguts de l'escena nord-americana actual en relació als afroamericans i, en aquestes pàgines, retrata una història que s'inspira en la pròpia de la família de William Still (afroamericà denominat 'pare del ferrocarril subterrani' i activista pels drets civils).Īixí, des de les plantacions de tabac de Virgínia, fins a les unitats de guerrilla enmig de la selva passant pel cementiri vivent del Sud profund, fins a les perilloses corrents idealistes del Nord, el nostre protagonista (aquí com a Hiram) se submergirà en la guerra acarnissada entre els esclavistes i els esclavitzats de l'Amèrica de mitjans del s. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children-the violent and capricious separation of families-and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved.

Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life.

When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her-but was gifted with a mysterious power. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here and here.

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