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Tara M. Stringfellow
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Été 1995. Après un énième débordement de colère de son père, Joan North, âgée de dix ans, et sa jeune soeur trouvent refuge avec leur mère dans la majestueuse maison qui a vu grandir les femmes de sa famille. Tapissé de lierre et de chèvrefeuille où nichent colibris, abeilles et papillons, ce verdoyant havre de paix semble raconter sa propre histoire. En poussant la gigantesque porte de bois, Joan sait qu'elle va découvrir d'innombrables fantômes. Celui de son grandpère, lynché après être devenu le premier inspecteur noir de la ville. Celui de sa grand-mère qui, guidée par une rage incandescente, transforma son salon en lieu de rassemblement du mouvement révolutionnaire noir de Memphis. Et sa propre terreur, qui la submerge en même temps que ses souvenirs lorsqu'elle passe le seuil de la véranda.
La voix de Tara M. Stringfellow est si magnifiquement teintée de force et de poésie que l'on entend, à travers elle, les mots de toutes celles qui avaient si bien appris à se taire. Florence Dalmas, Le Dauphiné libéré.
Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par David Fauquemberg. -
Radiant poems that celebrate Black Southern womanhood and the many ways magic lives in the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, from the bestselling author of "
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B>b>A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughters discovery that she has the power to change her familys legacy./b>/b>br>br>In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her fathers violence, seeking refuge at her mothers ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joans grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass--only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis. This wasnt the first time violence altered the course of Joans familys trajectory, and she knows it wont be the last. Longing to become an artist, Joan pours her rage and grief into sketching portraits of the women of North Memphis--including their enigmatic neighborb> /b>Miss Dawn, who seems to know something about curses.br> br> Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of voices, Memphis weaves back and forth in time to show how the past and future are forever intertwined. It is only when Joan comes to see herself as a continuation of a long matrilineal tradition--and the women in her family as her guides to healing--that she understands that her life does not have to be defined by vengeance. That the sole weapon she needs is her paintbrush.br>b>;/b>br>Inspired by the author''s own family history,;Memphis--the Black fairy tale she always wanted to read--explores the complexity of what we pass down, not only in our families, but in our country: police brutality and justice, powerlessness and freedom, fate and forgiveness, doubt and faith, sacrifice and love.
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MAGIC ENUFF ; RADIANT POEMS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MEMPHIS
Tara M Stringfellow
- John Murray
- 6 Juin 2024
- 9781399818377
"God can stay asleep / these women in my life are magic enuff"
An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two conflicting things can be true at the same time. How it''s possible to have a strong voice and also feel silenced. To be loyal to things and people that betray us. To burn as hot with rage as we do with love.
Each poem asks how we can heal and sustain relationships with people, systems, and ourselves. How to reach for the kind of real love that allows for the truth of anger, disappointment, and grief. Unapologetic, unafraid, and glorious in its nuance, this collection argues that when it comes to living in our full humanity, we have - and we are - magic enough.
