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The Message

By (author) Ta-Nehisi Coates

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. ‘An earnest and intimate exploration of locations of extreme injustice’ Oprah Daily *** 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. *** ‘Coates exhorts readers, including students, parents, educators, and journalists, to challenge conventional narratives that can be used to justify ethnic cleansing or camouflage racist policing’ Booklist ‘Coats always writes with purpose . . . These pilgrimages for him, ground his powerful writing about race’ Associated Press

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd
Published date | 6 Feb 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 240
Dimensions | 224 x 144 x 24mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 353g
ISBN | 978-0-2417-2418-7
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BISAC | social science / essays


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