by Alex Haley · Ultramar. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788473862059
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«Raíces» is the historical novel by Alex Haley, published by Ultramar in paperback in 1988 (520 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Kunta Kinte, a young African captured and sold into slavery in the United States, and then his descendants over several generations. Through this family saga, Alex Haley portrays resistance against oppression, the transmission of memory, and the search for freedom and dignity.
Work originally published in 1976 under the title Roots: The Saga of an American Family; translation by Rolando Costa Picazo. This 1988 edition belongs to the Ultramar Bolsillo collection.
For readers interested in history, slavery, and African American heritage.
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.
