| Miracle at St. Anna Contributor(s): McBride, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573229717 ISBN-13: 9781573229715 Publisher: Riverhead Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: From the author of the bestseller "The Color of Water" comes a tale of courage and redemption inspired by the famed Buffalo soldiers of the 92nd Division, and a little known historic event in a small Tuscan village at the end of World War II. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | African American - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.12" W x 8.04" (0.57 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. James McBride's powerful memoir, The Color of Water, was a groundbreaking literary phenomenon that transcended racial and religious boundaries, garnering unprecedented acclaim and topping bestseller lists for more than two years. Now McBride turns his extraordinary gift for storytelling to fiction--in a universal tale of courage and redemption inspired by a little-known historic event. In Miracle at St. Anna, toward the end of World War II, four Buffalo Soldiers from the Army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema--in the peasants who shelter them, in the unspoken affection of an orphaned child, in a newfound faith in fellow man. And even in the face of unspeakable tragedy, they--and we--learn to see the small miracles of life. This acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture directed by Spike Lee. |