Counternarratives

by John Keene

Book Overview

Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives draws upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, and interrogation transcripts to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. "An Outtake" chronicles an escaped slave's take on liberty and the American Revolution; "The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows" presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in Haiti...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811225526
• ISBN13: 9780811225526
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.9"