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In the wake of racial tensions in 1960s Alabama, sheltered white college student Stella participates in her first freedom movement and finds her life changed forever in both character-building and dangerous ways when she develops friendships with local African Americans. 125,000 first printing.
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"Crisp, insightful writing." -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Naslund's insight and craftsmanship ...capture the complexities and cultural nuances of the times."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"A major novel of great cultural and historical importance."--Louisville Courier Journal
."..contains one of the most astonishing pieces of writing to appear in any novel of recent memory.--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Crisp, insightful writing."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Told in beautifully crafted prose, this is a moving, historically accurate tale of a time of social transformation."--Library Journal (starred review)
"This is a brave and multifaceted book, propelled by a mission, and ...it is a page-turner."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Filled with the fear Naslund witnessed, the characters ...come to life ....Naslund succeeds splendidly in making history a page-turner."--USA Weekend
"Vital and moving...It's as if Virginia Woolf went down to Birmingham to cover the civil rights struggle."--New York Times Book Review
"This is a wonderful, wonderful novel ...[Naslund] has blown a deep breath of life into Four Spirits."--Detroit Free Press
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"Naslund's insight and craftsmanship ...capture the complexities and cultural nuances of the times."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"A major novel of great cultural and historical importance."--Louisville Courier Journal
."..contains one of the most astonishing pieces of writing to appear in any novel of recent memory.--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Crisp, insightful writing."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Told in beautifully crafted prose, this is a moving, historically accurate tale of a time of social transformation."--Library Journal (starred review)
"This is a brave and multifaceted book, propelled by a mission, and ...it is a page-turner."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Filled with the fear Naslund witnessed, the characters ...come to life ....Naslund succeeds splendidly in making history a page-turner."--USA Weekend
"Vital and moving...It's as if Virginia Woolf went down to Birmingham to cover the civil rights struggle."--New York Times Book Review
"This is a wonderful, wonderful novel ...[Naslund] has blown a deep breath of life into Four Spirits."--Detroit Free Press
Sena Jeter Naslund is a cofounder and program director of the Spalding University (Louisville) brief-residency MFA in Writing, where she edits The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press. A winner of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including Ahab's Wife, a finalist for the Orange Prize. She recently retired from her position as Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville.
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0066212383
- ISBN 13 9780066212388
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages544
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