The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter by Kia Corthron

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter by Kia Corthron

Sweeping American history from 1941 to the 21st century, this is this story of four men - two white brothers from rural Alabama and two black brothers from small-town Maryland - whose journey culminates in an explosive and devastating encounter between the two families. As the four mature into men, they confront the fierce resistance to the early civil rights movement, and are all ultimately uprooted. America's past century is brought to life through these marginalised characters, who embrace a quiet beauty in their everyday existences.

The author of more than fifteen plays produced nationally and internationally, KIA CORTHRON came to national attention in the early nineties with her play Come Down Burning. Portraying characters who live in extreme poverty or crisis and whose lives are otherwise invisible, her plays paint a disturbing picture of American history and its repercussions on our most intimate relationships. Corthron's most recent awards include a Windham Campbell Prize for Drama, the Simon Great Plains Playwright (Honored Playwright) Award, the USA Jane Addams Fellowship Award, and the Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women, and she has developed work through various international residencies. She has also written for television, receiving a Writers Guild Outstanding Drama Series Award and an Edgar Award for The Wire. The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter is her first novel. She grew up in Cumberland, Maryland, and now lives in Harlem, New York.

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ISBN 13	9781609808075
ISBN 10	160980807X
Title	The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter
Author	Kia Corthron
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Year published	2017-10-17
Number of pages	800
Prizes	Winner of Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2016
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