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Roots [Paperback]

Alex Haley (Author)
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Publication Date: 21 Jan 1994

Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the U.S. National Book Award.

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  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (21 Jan 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099362813
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099362814
  • Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 3.7 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"The book is an act of love, and it is this which makes it haunting" (New York Times)

"A gripping mixture of urban confessional and political manifesto, it not only inspired a generation of black activists, but drove home the bitter realities of racism to a mainstream white liberal audience" (Observer)

"Groundbreaking" (Associated Press)

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning story about the family ancestry of author Alex Haley... [and] a symbolic chronicle of the odyssey of African Americans from the continent of Africa to a land not of their choosing" (Washington Post)

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The radical, bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins - a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature.
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51 of 56 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The most moving book you will ever read 31 Dec 2001
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I finished reading this book a few months ago but it is still with me. I am still haunted by the images of the innocent and beautifully characterised Kunta Kinte being snatched from his village in Juffure. This book was my insight into American history and I was unable to put it down until it was finished. I lived the horrors with Kunta Kinte and followed all the subsequent generations through their lives, and I did become one of them. This is the most amazing book you will every read. Please read it, every thinking man and woman should read this and spare a thought for the atrocities that happened in the past.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have ever read. 2 July 1999
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I could not put this book down. I wish I had taken the time to read this book earlier in my life! It tells a wonderful tale of Kunte Kinte, an African man who is stolen from his African tribe in Ghana and made a slave in the 'new world.' I loved the story, even though it was one of the saddest stories I had ever read. By the end of the book I felt like I knew Kunte and his whole family extremely well. It's great when you read a book and it 'stays with you' for weeks afteward. I feel that way about 'Roots.' It really is a great book, one which left me with a great feeling of sadness for what Kunte's family (and so many others!) went through, but also with a feeling of hope for the future. The book is beautifully written. The description of Africa was lovely. If you're considering this book, you really should buy it.
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37 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Faultless and True 15 Aug 2003
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Told in the true style of griots, this story gripped my emotions from beginning to end. The last time I read it was 6 years ago and never has a book stayed with me more than Roots. The first time I read it was actually whilst visiting Gambia and it made me a far more popular person with the Gambians, they are very proud to be linked with the names Alex Haley and Kunta Kinte and rightly so. We all know the story by now, but it is the passion of Alex Haley's writing which makes this such a compelling read, the love he feels for his subject draws the reader in with such power it is impossible to let go. This book was the first time I had really come into contact with the slave trade, and I can truthfully say something in this book changed me forever, I really had my eyes opened to the trade in human flesh and knew what humans were capable of doing to each other. I never wanted this book to end, but when it did I cried tears of joy, sadness and knowledge. Thank you so much Alex Haley for sharing your family's story with us, it is something I will never forget.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Really fascinating read
Genuinely shocked how this was missed out of my high school education. Really changed my view on what American society was built on.
Published 25 days ago by gavingrossman789
1.0 out of 5 stars 'Faction' at its worst
This is some of the most dangerous literature I have come across. Not only has Haley had to settle a 2 million dollar plagiarism court case, due to his lack of original writing... Read more
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Although this book has been out for years and I recall reading it before, I have again sat and read this incredible story, more so because of the controversy regarding the actual... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Roots
Good bargain. Although the book is used but it is acceptable. Only the cover of the book is not the same as the shown picture which I was expected.
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I loved this book. It was totally absorbing and fascinating to read, so much so that I couldn't put it down, highly recommended. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed blessings
My experience was mixed, the book arrived very quickly which pleased me, however the packaging from the distribution centre was not as good as it could have been as there were... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A poignant book that everyone should read
I've always been interested in slavery and have read many books, mainly autobiographies but fiction too, on the matter. Read more
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A book you can read year after year and feel every word within yourself. Its so real, so truthful and makes you realize so much is taken for granted. What goes around comes around.
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