by Alex Haley · Scribners · tapa dura · ISBN 9783100294012
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«Wurzeln» (»Roots«) is Alex Haley's historical novel, published in hardcover (744 pages, in German).
The novel follows Kunta Kinte, a young African captured and taken to America as a slave, and his descendants over several generations. Through this family saga, it portrays the struggle for identity, freedom and ancestral memory, and offers a look at African American history from its roots.
The book is the German version of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, translated by Emil U. Günther. 1976 edition.
Readers interested in African American history, genealogy 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.
