by James McBride · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782351780978
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«L'Oiseau du Bon Dieu» is the historical novel by James McBride, published by Gallmeister in paperback (450 pages, in French).
In 1856, Henry Shackleford, a twelve-year-old Black slave, is freed by the abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl. Dressed in a frock and cap, he crosses forests, philanthropists' salons and brothels of the West during some of the most decisive hours of the nineteenth-century United States, in an epic of fierce humour.
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2013. Translated into French by François Happe; the original novel is from 2013.
For readers of historical fiction and book clubs interested in American history.
James McBride is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.
