{"product_id":"the-chaneysville-incident-isbn-9780060916817","title":"The Chaneysville Incident","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eChaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e rivals Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e as\u003cbr\u003ethe best novel about the black experience in America since Ellison's\u003cem\u003e Invisible\u003cbr\u003eMan\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Science\u003cbr\u003eMonitor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe legends say something happened in\u003cbr\u003eChaneysville. \u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e is the\u003cbr\u003epowerful story of one man's obsession with discovering what that something\u003cbr\u003ewas a quest that takes the brilliant and bitter young Black historian John\u003cbr\u003eWashington back through the secrets and buried evil of his heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning home to care for and then bury his\u003cbr\u003efather's closest friend and his own guardian, Old Jack Crawley, John comes upon\u003cbr\u003ethe scant records of his family's proud and tragic history, which he drives\u003cbr\u003ehimself to reconstruct and accept. This is the story of John's relationship\u003cbr\u003ewith his family, the town, and the woman he loves; and also between the past\u003cbr\u003eand the present, between oppression and guilt, hate and violence, love and\u003cbr\u003eacceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe legends say something happened in Chaneysville. \u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e is the powerful story of one man's obsession with discovering what that something was--a quest that takes the brilliant and bitter young black historian John Washington back through the secrets and buried evil of his heritage. Returning home to care for and then bury his father's closest friend and his own guardian, Old Jack Crawley, he comes upon the scant records of his family's proud and tragic history, which he drives himself to reconstruct and accept. This is the story of John's relationship with his family, the town, and the woman he loves; and also between the past and the present, between oppression and guilt, hate and violence, love and acceptance. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully rendered and wildly adventurous.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brutal, spectacular. . . ultimately, brilliant. Certainly the most important piece of fiction I've read so far this year, perhaps the most significant work by a new male black author since James Baldwin dazzled the early '60s with his fine fury.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Bradley's \u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e now may be placed on the honor shelf, right next to Ellison's [\u003cem\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e]. It is even more powerful, for its power is asserted on several levels: a contemporary novel enriched by historic and mythic appointments, and finally made tragic by them.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"So strikingly original, so shockingly powerful . . . a book which will have a remarkable effect on generations to come.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Chaneysville Incident\u003c\/em\u003e rivals Toni Morrison's \u003cem\u003eSong of Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e as the best novel about the black experience in America since Ellison's\u003cem\u003e Invisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rich, complex and relentless: a mystery, a history, a family drama and a meditation on race, death and time, all wrapped around a cryptic incident in Chaneysville, in western Pennsylvania, once a pathway on the Underground Railroad.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887329210597,"sku":"NP9780060916817","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-chaneysville-incident-isbn-9780060916817","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}