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The renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we don't, shape our realities.
'A politically-charged meditation on the power of stories' Guardian
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Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, but soon found himself grappling with deeper questions about the destructive myths that shape our world.
First we join Coates on his inaugural trip to Africa - a journey to Dakar, where he finds himself in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and the ghost-haunted country of his imagination.
He then takes readers to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on the banning of his own work and the deep roots of a false and fiercely protected American mythology - visibly on display in its segregationist statues.
Finally in Palestine, Coates sees with devastating clarity the tragedy that grows in the clash between the stories we tell and reality on the ground.
Written at a dramatic moment in American and global history, this work from one of our most important writers is about the urgent need to embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.
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'An earnest and intimate exploration of locations of extreme injustice' Oprah Daily
| ISBN: | 9781405971812 |
| Publication date: | 21st January 2027 |
| Author: | TaNehisi Coates |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Ethical issues: censorship Cultural and media studies Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge Political science and theory Political ideologies and movements Travel writing |
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we don't, shape our realities.'A politically-charged meditation on the power of stories' Guardian ***Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, but soon found himself grappling with deeper questions about the destructive myths that shape our world.First we join Coates on his inaugural trip to Africa - a journey to Dakar, where he finds himself in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and the ghost-haunted country of his imagination.He then takes readers to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on the banning of his own work and the deep roots of a false and fiercely protected American mythology - visibly on display in its segregationist statues.Finally in Palestine, Coates sees with devastating clarity the tragedy that grows in the clash between the stories we tell and reality on the ground.Written at a dramatic moment in American and global history, this work from one of our most important writers is about the urgent need to embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.***'An earnest and intimate exploration of locations of extreme injustice' Oprah Daily
The Message features in the following genres: Literary essays, Ethical issues: censorship, Cultural and media studies, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements, Travel writing
Paperback, Hardback. £10.79, down from the £11.99 cover price. Pre-order. 21st January 2027.
The Message was written by TaNehisi Coates and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Message has 256 pages
£10.79, reduced from £11.99. Pre-order. 21st January 2027.