by William Styron
"Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other -- male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We are part of each other." - James BaldwinI became interested in reading The Confessions of Nat Turner after reading Alexandra Styron's biography of her father. It was one ...
This book caused quite a controversy when it came out in 1967, and judging from some of the reviews here and on Amazon, it's continuing to do so. I didn't know about any of that when I started it, but the more I read the novel, the more dissatisfying and even irresponsible it started to seem.Some ha...
Probably my favorite American novel.
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