{"product_id":"such-sweet-thunder-paperback-by-vincent-o-carter","title":"Such Sweet Thunder Paperback by Vincent O. 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All the while, in one of the most moving  homages to parents ever to appear in literature, Amerigo is protected by  Viola and Rutherford, who are loving and, mostly, even-tempered, but  also desperately young — teenagers themselves when Amerigo is born — and  poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it was finally published in 2003, 40 years after  Carter completed it and 20 years after he died, Critics hailed the  novel’s “unflinching condemnation of a society that rejects bright,  eager Black children” (\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis “colossal work of fiction” (\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e) and “vibrant portrait of African-American life” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)  is set in an era marred by racial segregation and relentless, daily  injustices and yet renders with deep appreciation and artistry a time  and place enriched by a widely influential African American culture and a  fierce feeling for family and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent O. Carter\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kansas City in 1924. At 17 he was  drafted into the Army, and took part in the Normandy invasion. After the  war, he attended Lincoln University (PA) and Wayne State in Detroit,  then returned to Europe, spending time in Paris, Munich, and Amsterdam  before settling in Bern, where he died in 1983. He is also the author of  \u003ci\u003eThe Bern Book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist,  cultural critic, and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Humanities  and Social Sciences at Harvard. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the recipient of the 2022 Whiting Award for his collection \u003ci\u003eWho Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent book, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Period\u003c\/i\u003e, establishes \u003ci\u003eSuch Sweet Thunder \u003c\/i\u003eas a work to be read and taught alongside James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45369399804065,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781805332664","price":32.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781805332664.jpg?v=1763150358","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/such-sweet-thunder-paperback-by-vincent-o-carter","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}