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Kirby Williams

    Kirby Williams' schrijven duikt in thema's van raciale en sociale onrust, grotendeels gebaseerd op zijn persoonlijke ervaringen. Zijn roman 'Rage in Paris', met een protagonist die toevlucht zoekt in Frankrijk voor de raciale onrust in de Verenigde Staten, is diepgaand beïnvloed door het leven van de auteur zelf. Williams, die sinds 1962 in Parijs woont, doordrenkt zijn werk met een diep begrip van identiteit en verbanning.

    Les enragés de Paris
    The Long Road From Paris
    • 2021
    • 2021

      The Long Road From Paris

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      The further adventures of ex-pat Urby Brown, black jazz musician and private eye, set in the maelstrom of 1930s Europe, from acclaimed novelist Kirby Williams. Against a background of European fascism and the black jazz scene in Paris of that time, this fascinating and important novel, a duet with Kirby Williams’ previous book RAGE IN PARIS, follows the desperate attempts of Urby Brown to escape to America with his Jewish lover, Hannah Korngold. As the Nazi net closes around them in June 1940, Urby and Hannah make one last throw of the dice, knowing that a failed attempt to escape will prove fatal. Like the historical thrillers of Alan Furst, this novel explores the lives of black Americans as they confront the demons of nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism which spawned the deadly horrors of the last century and are alive today, leading perhaps to new disasters.

      The Long Road From Paris