Richard L. Alfred Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Georgia in den Nachwehen des Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges: Prentiss und Landry, zwei aus der Sklaverei befreite, versehrte Brüder, verdingen sich auf der Farm eines liberalen Ehepaares. Allmählich entwickelt sich zwischen den vieren eine zarte, bis dahin undenkbare Freundschaft - mit Argusaugen beobachtet von den konservativen Einwohnern des nahen Städtchens Old Ox. Währenddessen entspinnt sich eine verbotene Romanze zwischen zwei heimgekehrten Soldaten, die sich heimlich in den Wäldern treffen. Als ihr Geheimnis entdeckt wird, schließt sich der Kreis zwischen ihnen, den beiden ehemaligen Sklaven und den aufgebrachten Bürgern auf grausame Weise - und alles stürzt in finsterstes Chaos. So fesselnd wie berührend: ein mitreißender Roman über die dramatische Ära nach dem Ende der Sklaverei »Eindrücklich erzählt Harris von den sozialen Spannungen dieser Zeit.« SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

A profound debut explores the bond between two freed brothers and a Georgia farmer whose alliance changes their lives forever. In the final days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, liberated by the Emancipation Proclamation, find refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, grieving the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping that an unexpected friendship will ease their sorrow. Meanwhile, Prentiss and Landry plan to save money for a journey north to reunite with their mother, sold away when they were young. Intertwined with their story is a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers who secretly meet in the woods. When their affair is discovered, chaos ensues, culminating in murder and upheaval for the entire community. In the aftermath, Isabelle emerges as an unexpected leader, offering a vision for healing in a land scarred by conflict and for the newly freed citizens of Old Ox. With candor and empathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris crafts an unforgettable narrative that captures the complexities of Georgia during Reconstruction, blending beauty and terror in a gripping tale of humanity and love amid harrowing circumstances.

What price do we pay for freedom? For readers of WASHINGTON BLACK, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and DAYS WITHOUT END. In the dying days of the American Civil War, newly freed brothers Landry and Prentiss find themselves cast into the world without a penny to their names. Forced to hide out in the woods near their former Georgia plantation, they're soon discovered by the land's owner, George Walker, a man still reeling from the loss of his son in the war. When the brothers begin to live and work on George's farm, the tentative bonds of trust and union begin to blossom between the strangers. But this sanctuary survives on a knife's edge, and it isn't long before the inhabitants of the nearby town of Old Ox react with fury at the alliances being formed only a few miles away. Conjuring a world fraught by tragedy and violence yet threaded through with hope, THE SWEETNESS OF WATER is a debut novel unique in its power to move and enthral.