The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s debut novel follows an enslaved man with a mysterious power and his path into the fight for freedom.
Hiram Walker, born into slavery in Virginia, possesses a near-total memory and a mysterious power he does not yet understand. After nearly drowning, he is drawn into the secret war against bondage. Ta-Nehisi Coates blends historical detail with a thread of the fantastic, using Hiram’s gift as a way to explore memory, family, and the meaning of freedom in his first novel.
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