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ISBN: 1594486190

ISBN13: 9781594486197

The Street Sweeper

By Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

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Book Overview

How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away. From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the Nazi crimes against humanity in Europe, there are more stories than people passing one another every day on the bustling streets of every crowded city. Only some stories survive to become history. Recently released from prison, Lamont Williams, an African American probationary janitor in a Manhattan hospital and father of a little girl he can't locate, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly patient, a Holocaust survivor who was a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau. A few blocks uptown, historian Adam Zignelik, an untenured Columbia professor, finds both his career and his long-term romantic relationship falling apart. Emerging from the depths of his own personal history, Adam sees, in a promising research topic suggested by an American World War II veteran, the beginnings of something that might just save him professionally, and perhaps even personally. As these men try to survive in early-twenty-first-century New York, history comes to life in ways neither of them could have foreseen. Two very different paths--Lamont's and Adam's--lead to one greater story as The Street Sweeper , in dealing with memory, love, guilt, heroism, the extremes of racism and unexpected kindness, spans the twentieth century to the present, and spans the globe from New York to Chicago to Auschwitz. Epic in scope, this is a remarkable feat of storytelling. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1594486190

ISBN13:9781594486197

Release Date:December 2012

Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group

Length:640 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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This is a wonderful collection of essays on growing up biracial and bicultural. It is a little uneven. Some are more readable than others, and I found myself skimming at times when some of the essays started to feel similar, but the good parts are strong enough to make it more than worth it. A common thread that comes up are early childhood memories of not thinking much of it, followed by some period in adolescence or...

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I am highschool student. all my life I have been made fun of by fellow student once I got into middle school it got worse people started asking me What Are You? and started trying to force me to pick a race no matter what I always replied I am mixed this book shows the courage and struggle us biracial and biculturel go througth everyday a truly wonderful book

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A wonderful book for biracial/bicultural families and people

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 31, 2001

received this book as a gift from a mentor in undergraduate school. It has given so much to me in terms of understanding my experiences as a biracial person, especially growing up in a rural, mostly white town. This book is also great for people who want to know what struggles we face as we try to define ourselves both as individuals and as members of US society. There are also some wonderful stories written by parents of...

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Amazing source for biracial people who feel alone!

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 30, 2001

I received this book as a gift from a mentor in undergraduate school. It has brought so much to me in terms of understanding my experiences as a biracial person, especially growing up in a rural mostly white town. This book is also great for people who want to know what struggles we face as we try to define ourselves both as individuals and as members of society. There are also some wonderful stories written by parents of...

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Highly insightful

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When I purchased this book 2 years ago, during my sophomore year of college, I was also struggling with my bi-racial identity. (Not that this struggle ever ends). As half Pakistani and half British...brought up in America I found this book to be very close to my heart and a godsend. I only wish there was more literature out there like this. It helps people like me because we can now see that there are others out there...

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