The Confessions of Nat Turner
17 hrs. 37 min.
Language
Russian
Author
William Styron
Author
William Styron
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Description
One of the most scandalous and ambiguous books of the 20th century, first published in 1967, for which William Styron received the Pulitzer Prize. In his novel, the author offers a very unexpected—but no less convincing—version of what happened in 1831.
A desperate slave revolt led by the enslaved preacher Nat Turner shocked the United States with its truly barbaric brutality: the rebels killed whites indiscriminately, sparing neither women nor children. The suppression of the uprising was no less cruel—punishers tortured and executed without distinguishing the guilty from the innocent.
But was it only the fury of people crushed until they lost even the instinct for self-preservation that fueled this strange rebellion—participants who believed their leader was a saint inspired by the gods? Who was Nat Turner in reality? How did he live, whom did he love, what did he hate, and what did he strive for as he urged people toward a cause that was doomed from the start?
A desperate slave revolt led by the enslaved preacher Nat Turner shocked the United States with its truly barbaric brutality: the rebels killed whites indiscriminately, sparing neither women nor children. The suppression of the uprising was no less cruel—punishers tortured and executed without distinguishing the guilty from the innocent.
But was it only the fury of people crushed until they lost even the instinct for self-preservation that fueled this strange rebellion—participants who believed their leader was a saint inspired by the gods? Who was Nat Turner in reality? How did he live, whom did he love, what did he hate, and what did he strive for as he urged people toward a cause that was doomed from the start?
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