The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing is a book written by Richard Powers. The book was published in 2004 and is listed under the African Americans category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.
The full title of the book is The Time of Our Singing. When available, the subtitle is , which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, Jonah, Joseph and Ruth are the children of mixed-race parents determined to protect them from the grinding effects of race. Hothouse children, they are all musically talented, but they cannot be protected from the world for long. Jonah becomes a successful young tenor, but the world of opera can only accept him as a ‘brilliant Negro singer’; Joseph, our narrator, becomes a pianist and devotes his talents to the service of his brother’s; Ruth turns her back on classical music (‘white music’) and disappears, on the run with her black husband under suspicion of being a Black Panther. Powers brilliantly and devastatingly delineates the tragedy of race in America, as it unfolds from the Civil Rights movement to Rodney King and Louis Farrakhan, through the lives and choices of one family, caught on the cusp of identities.
This book has 631 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 4.24, based on 1718 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.
For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9780099453833, while the ISBN-10 is 0099453835. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.
The book cover image can be viewed here: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=atHpDdRLCK4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api.
Overall, The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers is a title that may interest readers looking for books in African Americans. Whether you are researching new books, comparing editions, or building a reading list, this page gives you the most important details in one place.
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