The Bridge by David Remnick
The rise of Barack Obama is one of the great stories of this century: a defining moment for America, and one with truly global resonance. This is the book of his phenomenal journey to election, updated in paperback to cover his first two extraordinary years in Office. Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, David Remnick has put together a nuanced, unexpected and masterly portrait of the man who was determined to become the first African-American President. Most importantly, The Bridge argues that Obama imagined and fashioned an identity for himself against the epic drama of race in America. In a way that Obama's own memoirs cannot, it examines both the personal and political elements of the story, and gives shape not only to a decisive period of history, but also to the way it crucially influenced, animated and motivated a gifted and complex man.
Speaking to hundreds of friends and colleagues, Remnick investigates and corrects Obama’s own account of his life with an assured and elegant tone that clarifies rather than accuses or unmasks. . 600 masterly pages. ***** * Daily Telegraph *
The publishing event of the year. * Observer *
The publishing event of the year. * Observer *
David Remnick was a reporter for the Washington Post for ten years, including four in Moscow. He joined The New Yorker as a writer in 1992 and has been the magazine’s editor since 1998. His book King of the World, a biography of Muhammad Ali, was selected by Time as the top non-fiction book of 1998. Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330509961 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330509969 |
| Title | The Bridge |
| Author | David Remnick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2011-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 (UK) |
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