This Strange New Feeling
Published on 1. January 1982
16 pages
978-1-101-56371-7 (ISBN)
Description
A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOK • Two short stories and one novella deliver a powerful exploration of the depths of human emotions and the unwavering pursuit of freedom.
Three love stories from black history . . .
This remarkable book is about freedom and how it first felt to those who had been deprived of it all their lives. It is also about being a slave. But most of all, it is a love story-about three couples who rose above their situation to care deeply for each other despite the pain it could bring, and who managed to grow stronger in the face of danger because they were not alone.
Eloquent and riveting, these three stories are all inspired by true events and people, including the famous abolitionists William and Ellen Craft. And new for this edition, in honor of the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, Julius Lester has written a thought-provoking preface about freedom and empathy. This Strange New Feeling is historical fiction at its finest-eye-opening, authentic, and deeply moving.
Three love stories from black history . . .
This remarkable book is about freedom and how it first felt to those who had been deprived of it all their lives. It is also about being a slave. But most of all, it is a love story-about three couples who rose above their situation to care deeply for each other despite the pain it could bring, and who managed to grow stronger in the face of danger because they were not alone.
Eloquent and riveting, these three stories are all inspired by true events and people, including the famous abolitionists William and Ellen Craft. And new for this edition, in honor of the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, Julius Lester has written a thought-provoking preface about freedom and empathy. This Strange New Feeling is historical fiction at its finest-eye-opening, authentic, and deeply moving.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2006
Dial
€35.63
Article exhausted; check different version
Julius Lester
Lester Julius : This Strange New Feeling (Hbk)
Book
01/1982
Penguin Books Ltd
€33.76
Article exhausted; check different version
Person
Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He is also a National Book Award finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. For 32 years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in western Massachusetts.
