by Alex Haley · ULTRAMAR EDITORES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788473861342
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«Raíces» is the historical novel by Alex Haley, published by Ultramar Editores in paperback (520 pages, in Spanish).
Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka from Gambia, is kidnapped and sold as a slave in America. The novel follows his family for generations, from his daughter Kizzy to his descendants, who grow up on a plantation without forgetting their African origins. Alex Haley reconstructs that oral memory to narrate identity, resistance, and the right to freedom.
Translation by Rolando Costa Picazo. Originally published as Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
For readers of historical fiction interested in African American history, slavery, and family sagas.
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.
