The release date for the English version of 'The Water Dancer' by
Ta-Nehisi Coates is Sep 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This ISBN also has an alternate cover version available here and here.
Hiram Walker, a young man, was born into slavery. Hiram lost all memories of his mother when she was sold, but he was endowed with an enigmatic ability. Years later, the same ability saves Hiram's life when he almost drowns in a river. After almost dying, Hiram develops a desperate plan to leave the only house he has ever known.
This is the start of an unforeseen trip that would lead Hiram from the dangerously idealistic movements in the North to the corrupt majesty of Virginia's magnificent plantations, from the coffin of the Deep South to desperate guerilla cells in the forest. Hiram's determination to free his family remains unwavering, even as he becomes involved in the clandestine conflict between enslavers and their masters.
This is the tragic tale of the brutal and arbitrary family division that was forced upon countless numbers of men, women, and children, as well as the battle they fought to just be able to spend their lives with the people they loved. The Water Dancer, written by one of the most innovative authors and philosophers of our day, is a powerful, transcendent piece that gives back humanity to individuals whose everything was taken.