UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34022535
Edition:
Abridged
ISBN:
9781415941409
Content:
"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—, figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—,as been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—,irst 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. Pictured in lefthand photograph on cover: Habiba Akumu Hussein and Barack Obama, Sr. (President Obama's paternal grandmother and his father as a young boy). Pictured in righthand photograph on cover: Stanley Dunham and Ann Dunham (President Obama's maternal grandfather and his mother as a young girl). From the Trade Paperback edition. "
Content:
Rezension(1): " Barack Obama is the junior U.S. senator from Illinois. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and two daughters." Rezension(2): " Barack Obama is the junior U.S. senator from Illinois. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and two daughters." Rezension(3): "New York Times Book Review :Provocative . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither." Rezension(4): "Washington Post Book World :Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race." Rezension(5): "Scott Turow: 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." Rezension(6): "Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here :Obama's writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring." Rezension(7): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Barack Obama, a black man raised by his white mother and grandparents, decided to journey to Kenya to learn more about his African father after receiving news of his death. This memoir is not about his father's life, but about Obama's, and he brings that home with an intimate tone rather than that of his public speeches. (His 2004 Democratic Convention keynote address is included at the end.) Throughout the book, the U.S. Senator looks at race from the point of view of someone who has seen and been part of a variety of cultures, and he explains how his perspective shaped his views. The book, written in 1995, before his election to the Illinois Senate, gives listeners a chance to learn more about a young senatorU.S. who has recently made news by speaking out on the Patriot Act and President Bush's next Supreme Court nomination. J.A.S. 2006 Spoken Word Grammy Award Winner (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine"
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hörbuch
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/076946-DreamsFromMyFather.wma
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/076946-DreamsFromMyFather.mp3
URL:
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B15DBC26-E51E-4CD2-A286-0F17C641C630&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
URL:
http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=B15DBC26-E51E-4CD2-A286-0F17C641C630
Author information:
Obama, Barack
