Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South

by James McEachin

Book Overview

Noted actor James McEachin brings the pain of slavery to life in this extraordinary novel. After Emancipation, a young ex-slave journeys back to the racist community of his childhood and confronts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089141584X
• ISBN13: 9780891415848
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Lyford Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Amazing! Brilliant! The book that needed to be written!

Tell Me a Tale became my favorite book the moment I picked it up, and it earned that praise over and over again with every turn of the page. Mr. McEachin is the most gifted American author alive today.

should be mandatory reading for the human race

This gifted writer held my attention, interest, and heart for every page of this novel. I found the valleys and peaks of emotional turbulence as necessary as breathing air. The characters are so real to me that I only pray that no one has to truely experience this to get the perspective that the experience brings. If you've never understood someone trying to explain the "ghosts of the south" just take this journey which Mr.McEachin so skillfully offers and then you'll wonder as I do, "tale"-couldn't possibly be that far from truth, could it?

A moving tale of born enemies forced to become allies.

"Tell Me A Tale" moved me beyond description. The characters, story and scenery drip off the page. The book reads like an epic motion picture. I loved every page, and hated to reach the end.I plan on reading it again. You need to stay on your toes. There's substance in every word.

Remarkable.

Truly a great book. Brilliantly written. Not for the boneheaded.

Brilliant!!!

Clever. Sensitive. I can see why Publishers Weekly said it was stunning; Kirkus, "a subtle and richly textured first novel." I enjoyed every word, thought and action. Hope he writes a hundred more like this one