The Water Dancer

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Mesmerizing odyssey of hope and liberation.

"The Water Dancer" pulls you into a vividly rendered antebellum South, where magic breathes life into Hiram's tale, crafting more than just a story, but an experience of resilience and the quest for freedom. Reading Coates' work is like watching history dance to the rhythm of fantasy, as you root for Hiram's journey from bondage to emancipation. It's a book that might change not just your perspective on the past, but also the power of memory and dreams.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2020)
  • Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics (2020)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2021)
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) (2020)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel (2019)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Water Dancer

Regular price $11.90
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ISBN: 9780241325261
Authors: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON
Date of Publication: 2019-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Magical Realism, War
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 112753 readers)

Description

Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures.
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Mesmerizing odyssey of hope and liberation.

"The Water Dancer" pulls you into a vividly rendered antebellum South, where magic breathes life into Hiram's tale, crafting more than just a story, but an experience of resilience and the quest for freedom. Reading Coates' work is like watching history dance to the rhythm of fantasy, as you root for Hiram's journey from bondage to emancipation. It's a book that might change not just your perspective on the past, but also the power of memory and dreams.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2020)
  • Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics (2020)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2021)
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) (2020)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel (2019)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Fiction (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.