by Alex Haley · MUNDO ACTUAL DE EDICIONES S. A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788474540505
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«Raíces» is the historical novel by Alex Haley, published by Mundo Actual de Ediciones in hardback (676 pages, in Spanish).
The work begins with Kunta Kinte, a young African captured and sold into slavery, and continues with his descendants over several generations in the United States; it is an inquiry into slavery, identity, and resistance.
Originally published in 1976 as Roots: The Saga of an American Family; this 1979 edition includes the translation from English by Rolando Costa Picazo.
Aimed at readers of family sagas and fiction with historical and social background.
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X.
