Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)

Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)Now the major motion picture that won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong'o, and directed by Steve McQueen Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D. C., in 1841 with the promise of fast

and moral compass that have made Toni Morrison our most cherished and enduring voice

coupled with stories of outsized drive and passion

Oyinkan Braithwaite

do not share a common vision for what the country should be

hilarious romp

to trust her feelings when her father remarried

even though we know that monetary redress alone is not enough

In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel

who made the dangerous voyage to Europe to ensure American servicemen received word from their loved ones during World War II

who was murdered alongside Brandon Teena in 1993

and into a profound and "moving" (Bustle) exploration of one woman's life in a nation at odds with its ideals

she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes