Kathleen M. Rutten Books

The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings .A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive there than she learns that Malcolm X has been assassinated.Devastated, she tries to put her life back together, working on the stage in local theaters and even conducting a door-to-door survey in Watts. Then Watts explodes in violence, a riot she describes firsthand.Subsequently, on a trip to New York, she meets Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks her to become his coordinator in the North, and she visits black churches all over America to help support King’s Poor People’s March.But once again tragedy strikes. King is assassinated, and this time Angelou completely withdraws from the world, unable to deal with this horrible event. Finally, James Baldwin forces her out of isolation and insists that she accompany him to a dinner party—where the idea for writing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is born. In fact, A Song Flung Up to Heaven ends as Maya Angelou begins to write the first sentences of Caged Bird .From the Trade Paperback edition.

Het leven van een gegoede familie in New Delhi in de eerste periode van zelfstandigheid wordt bepaald door machtsstrijd, corruptie en de ondergang van idealen.

Maya Angelou's writing captivates with its lyrical quality and profound truth, reflecting her unique perspective and life experiences. As a New York Times bestseller, the book showcases her ability to weave personal narratives with broader themes of identity, resilience, and the human spirit. Readers are invited to explore her powerful storytelling that resonates deeply and inspires reflection on life's complexities.

The story of a young boy sold into white slavery in post-Civil War America, who suffers at the hands of a cruel master. He escapes to a new life as a railroadman, then an itinerant preacher, but within him lies the need for revenge against his former master's son - the object of an enduring hatred.

A book by the well-known model and granddaughter of Roald Dahl.

"Perhaps the most important piece of fiction yet to emerge from the new South Africa." "San Francisco Chronicle "

Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters — one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey into the heart of an American dreamer reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.

Het leven van een gegoede familie in New Delhi in de eerste periode van zelfstandigheid wordt bepaald door machtsstrijd, corruptie en de ondergang van idealen.

Autobiografisch relaas van de jeugdjaren van een zwarte vrouw op het Amerikaanse platteland.