The release date for the English version of 'Between the World and Me' by
Ta-Nehisi Coates is Jul 2015. 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.
It is your responsibility to figure out a means to survive in this planet, your nation, and your body.
Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a potent new framework for comprehending the past and present predicament of our country in a remarkable book that abruptly shifts from the most important issues about American history and values to the most personal worries a father has for his kid. The concept of "race," on which Americans have constructed an empire, is a lie that harms all of us but disproportionately affects the bodies of Black women and men, who were once exploited via slavery and segregation and are now disproportionately intimidated, imprisoned, and killed. How does it feel to live within a black body and find a means to survive? And how can we all, in all honesty, face this troubled past and set aside its weight?
Ta-Nehisi Coates attempted to respond to these concerns in a letter to his teenage son, Between the World and Me. Through a series of eye-opening experiences—from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder—Coates shares with his son and readers the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world. Between the World and Me is a masterfully crafted work that brilliantly combines personal tale, rewritten history, and brand-new, intense reporting to vividly expose the past, challenge the present, and provide a sublime outlook for the future.