As with most modes of artistic expression, African American scribes penned their own crime stories influenced by their particular experiences in much the same way as the Jazz and Blues music being crafted during the early 20th century.
Schlagwort-Archive: Attica Locke
Rezensionen: Attica Locke, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Christobel Kent, Laura Lippman
This time Marilyn Stasio talks about Attica Locke: “The Cutting Season”, Jussi Adler-Olsen: “The Absent One”, Christobel Kent: “The Dead Season”, Laura Lippman: “And When She Was Good”.
Rezension: Attica Locke: “The Cutting Season”
Attica Locke’s debut novel, “Black Water Rising”, was a well-deserved success. Her follow-up, “The Cutting Season”, once again addresses important themes, though this time set in a rural backwater.
Rezensionen: Lehane, Kellermann, Locke, Barclay, Connolly
Julia Handford casts an eye over the latest crime books: “Live by Night” (Dennis Lehane), “I’ll Catch You” (Jesse Kellerman), “The Cutting Season” (Attica Locke), “Trust Your Eyes” (Linwood Barclay) and John Connolly’s “Books to Die for”.
Podcast: Crime fiction with Agatha Christie, Attica Locke, Tanya Byrne
Claire Armitstead investigates a waspish essay on crime writing from Agatha Christie, Attica Locke considers race and history in the American south and Tanya Byrne talks about young readers who are turning to crime.
Rezension: Attica Locke: “The Cutting Season”
A tale about the American south’s tormented history has Val McDermid on the edge of her seat. It’s a novel rich in atmosphere, strong in story, but at its heart “The Cutting Season” hinges on human complexity.
Rezension: Attica Locke: “The Cutting Season”
“The Cutting Season” by Attica Locke reaches from the present to the past. A murder on a Louisiana sugar plantation unfurls through history. The sins of one generation reverberate through those that follow.
Artikel: ‘I burst into tears. I had stepped inside my own history’
The author describes the experience that inspired her new literary thriller, and brought her face to face with America’s shameful past. – “Later, two cops would ask, more than once, how it was she didn’t see her. She could have offered up any number of theories …”