Inhalt:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, BookPage “Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review. It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated – and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney’s endearingly violent partner in crime. It’s getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook – to their regret. 1976. Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations. Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ("Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!"), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire severely injures one of Carney’s tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted. CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. Colson Whitehead’s kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-385-54516-7
Inhalt:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, BookPage “Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review. It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated – and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney’s endearingly violent partner in crime. It’s getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook – to their regret. 1976. Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations. Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ("Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!"), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire severely injures one of Carney’s tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted. CROOK MANIFESTO is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. Colson Whitehead’s kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-593-45559-3
Inhalt: Jeden Sommer trifft sich auf dem Ferienparadies Long Island die New Yorker Mittelschicht. Wenn Benji und seine Freunde in der afroamerikanischen "Enklave" der Insel eintreffen, werden die neuen Klamotten, der neue Jargon, die neuen Songs diskutiert. Voll Wärme und Komik schildert Colson Whitehead einen ganzen Katalog der Kultur der achtziger Jahre, die Regeln und Riten der Gesellschaft und die Unschuld des Erwachsenwerdens. Sein stimmungsvoller Roman ist eine Liebeserklärung an einen paradiesischen Ort in Amerika - und zugleich ein präzises Porträt der schwarzen Mittelschichtjugend. Schlagworte:FXD Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen, FXS Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales Umfang: 336 S. ISBN: 978-3-446-23708-7
Inhalt: Lässig, böse, humorvoll ? der neue Roman von Colson Whitehead über die wilden Siebziger im schwarzen New York Ray Carney will von krummen Geschäften nichts mehr wissen. Er hält sich raus aus dem täglichen Chaos New Yorks, wo Gangster sich Schießereien liefern und die Black Liberation Army zum bewaffneten Kampf aufruft. Wäre da nicht seine Tochter May mit dem schier unerfüllbaren Wunsch nach einem Ticket für das Konzert der Jackson Five. Ray muss sein altes Netzwerk aktivieren ? auf die Gefahr hin, sich selbst wieder zu verstricken. Als in Harlem ganze Wohnblocks in Flammen aufgehen, beauftragt er Pepper, der wie kein zweiter die Regeln des Spiels kennt, um für Gerechtigkeit zu sorgen. Whiteheads grandios unterhaltsamer Roman über das schwarze New York der wilden Siebziger ist ein großes Sittengemälde Amerikas. Schlagworte:FQ Zeitgenössische Lifestyle-Literatur, FXD Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen, FXN Erzählerisches Thema: Identität / Zugehörigkeit, FXS Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales, FYT Belletristik in Übersetzung Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-3-446-27855-4
Inhalt: Der neue Roman des zweifachen Pulitzer-Preisträgers Im schillernden Harlem der 1960er-Jahre, wo Gangster und Zuhälter, Hochstapler und Schießwütige die Strippen ziehen, versucht ein Mann aus einfachen Verhältnissen so ehrlich wie möglich aufzusteigen. Eigentlich würde Ray Carney am liebsten ohne Betrügereien auskommen. Doch als seine Frau ein zweites Kind erwartet, reichen die Einkünfte aus seinem Einrichtungsladen auf der 125th Street nicht aus für den Standard, den die Schwiegereltern erwarten. Cousin Freddie bringt gelegentlich eine Goldkette vorbei, die Ray bei einem Juwelier am Times Square versetzt. Doch was tun mit dem Raubgut aus dem Coup im legendären "Hotel Theresa" im Herzen Harlems, nachdem Freddie und seine Kumpanen sich verdünnisiert haben? Als Polizei und Gangster Ray in seinem Laden aufsuchen, steht sein waghalsiges Doppelleben zwischen Rechtschaffenheit und Schwindel, Herkunft und Machtstreben auf der Kippe. Das neue literarische Meisterwerk von Colson Whitehead ist Familiensaga, Soziographie und Ganovenstück, vor allem aber eine Liebeserklärung an New Yorks berühmtestes Viertel - authentisch gelesen von Richard Barenberg. Umfang: 759 Min. ISBN: 978-3-8449-2853-2
Inhalt: Harlem, 60er Jahre: die Geschichte eines einfachen Mannes, der so ehrlich wie möglich versucht aufzusteigen. Der neue Roman des zweifachen Pulitzerpreisträgers und Bestsellerautors Colson Whitehead Eigentlich würde Ray Carney am liebsten ohne Betrügereien auskommen, doch die Einkünfte aus seinem Laden reichen nicht aus für den Standard, den die Schwiegereltern erwarten. Cousin Freddy bringt gelegentlich eine Goldkette vorbei, die Ray bei einem Juwelier versetzt. Doch was tun mit dem Raubgut aus dem Coup im legendären ?Hotel Theresa? im Herzen Harlems, nachdem Freddy sich verdünnisiert hat? Als Polizei und Gangster Ray in seinem Laden aufsuchen, steht sein waghalsiges Doppelleben auf der Kippe. Der mitreißende Roman des zweifachen Pulitzer-Preisträgers Colson Whitehead ist Familiensaga, Soziographie und Ganovenstück, vor allem aber eine Liebeserklärung an New Yorks berühmtestes Viertel. Schlagworte:FBA Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FH Thriller / Spannung, FS Familienleben, FXD Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen, FXN Erzählerisches Thema: Identität / Zugehörigkeit, JBFA1 Rassismus und Rassendiskriminierung / Antirassismus Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-3-446-27163-0
Inhalt: Harlem, 1959 bis 1964. Ray Carney, ein kleiner Möbelhändler, erkämpft sich erst mit legalen, dann auch mit illegalen Mitteln seinen Platz in der Gesellschaft, während studentische und schwarze Protestbewegungen beginnen ... Schlagworte:Miteinander leben, USA, Zeitgeschichte Systematik: SL Umfang: 380 Seiten Standort: Roman White / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-442-77201-8
Inhalt:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is “fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ... about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel" (San Francisco Chronicle).
"Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time. Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who doesn't ask questions, either. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa—the "Waldorf of Harlem"—and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do. Now Ray has a new clientele, one made up of shady cops, vicious local gangsters, two-bit pornographers, and other assorted Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he begins to see who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto! Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-593-45556-2
Inhalt:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is “fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ... about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel" (San Francisco Chronicle).
"Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger all the time. Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who doesn't ask questions, either. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa—the "Waldorf of Harlem"—and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do. Now Ray has a new clientele, one made up of shady cops, vicious local gangsters, two-bit pornographers, and other assorted Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he begins to see who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto! Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-385-54514-3
Inhalt:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • "An American masterpiece" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. • The basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto! Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-385-53704-9
Inhalt: Colson Whiteheads Bestseller über eines der dunkelsten Kapitel der Geschichte Amerikas ? ausgezeichnet mit dem Pulitzer Preis 2017 und ab 14. Mai bei Amazon Prime unter der Regie von Academy-Award-Gewinner Barry Jenkins Cora ist nur eine von unzähligen Schwarzen, die auf den Baumwollplantagen Georgias schlimmer als Tiere behandelt werden. Alle träumen von der Flucht ? doch wie und wohin? Da hört Cora von der Underground Railroad, einem geheimen Fluchtnetzwerk für Sklaven. Über eine Falltür gelangt sie in den Untergrund und es beginnt eine atemberaubende Reise, auf der sie Leichendieben, Kopfgeldjägern, obskuren Ärzten, aber auch heldenhaften Bahnhofswärtern begegnet. Jeder Staat, den sie durchquert, hat andere Gesetze, andere Gefahren. Wartet am Ende wirklich die Freiheit? Colson Whiteheads Roman ist eine virtuose Abrechnung damit, was es bedeutete und immer noch bedeutet, schwarz zu sein in Amerika. Schlagworte:FYT Belletristik in Übersetzung, JPVR Politische Unterdrückung und Verfolgung, NHK Amerikanische Geschichte Umfang: 352 S. ISBN: 978-3-446-25774-0
Inhalt: Die Sklavin Cora flieht von einer Baumwollplantage in Georgia und gelangt nach gefahrvollen Stationen nach Indiana. Dort wird sie von dem skrupellosen Sklavenjäger Ridgeway aufgespürt. Dank der "Underground Railroad" kann sie erneut entkommen und erlangt ihre, wenn auch ungewisse, Freiheit. Schlagworte:Baltimore , Boston, Farbige, Hollywood, Miteinander leben, New York , Rassismus, Schwarze, Sklaverei, USA Systematik: SL Umfang: 348 Seiten Standort: Roman White / 1. OG ISBN: 978-3-596-70253-4
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