by Alex Haley · EDITIONS J'AI LU N°969 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782277119692
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«Racines Tome 2» is the historical novel by Alex Haley, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (384 pages, in French).
Second part of the saga that reconstructs the genealogy of Alex Haley's family: from the kidnapping of his ancestor Kunta Kinte in Africa to his condition as a slave in Virginia. The narrative follows his descendants, such as his daughter Kizzy, through two centuries of history, with the American Civil War as a backdrop, until the birth of the author himself.
Second part of the Racines saga, translation by Maud Sissung of the English original Roots. French edition of 1979, number 969 of the J'ai Lu collection.
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X.
