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Stad van Vuur Reeks

Deze epische sage speelt zich af in een bruisend New York aan het begin van de eeuw en volgt de verweven lotsbestemmingen van diverse personages, van kleine criminelen tot hoopvolle immigranten. Tegen de achtergrond van snelle technologische vooruitgang en de oogverblindende aantrekkingskracht van 'Dreamland', verkent het verhaal diepgaande thema's als opkomst en verval, liefde en verlies, en de zoektocht naar verlossing. Het is een boeiende reis naar het hart van de Amerikaanse Droom, die de rauwe energie en complexe realiteiten van een stad vastlegt die zijn toekomst vormgeeft.

Dreamland
Paradise Alley
Strivers Row

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    Dreamland

    3,7(1247)Tarief

    A literary tour de force, a magnificent chronicle of a remarkable era and a place of dreams In a stunning work of imagination and memory, author Kevin Baker brings to mesmerizing life a vibrant, colorful, thrilling, and dangerous New York City in the earliest years of the twentieth century. A novel breathtaking in its scope and ambition, it is the epic saga of newcomers drawn to the promise of America—gangsters and laborers, hucksters and politicians, radicals, reformers, murderers, and sideshow oddities—whose stories of love, revenge, and tragedy interweave and shine in the artificial electric dazzle of a wondrous place called Dreamland.

    Dreamland
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    Paradise Alley

    4,1(1189)Tarief

    They came by boat from a starving land—and by the Underground Railroad from Southern chains—seeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastrophe—as flames from the war that was tearing America in two reached out to set their city on fire.

    Paradise Alley
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    Strivers Row

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    3,7(272)Tarief

    Struggling with feelings of inadequacy, Rev. Jonah Dove grapples with his legacy as the son of a prominent Harlem minister while confronting his own troubled past of "passing" as white. Simultaneously, the narrative introduces Malcolm Little, a teenage hustler navigating his ambitions and identity in a racially charged environment. Both characters face the challenges of their identities and the societal pressures of a changing world, highlighting themes of race, self-worth, and the search for purpose.

    Strivers Row