Stock photo. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available.
Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
ISBN: 0679736638
ISBN-13: 9780679736639
Format: Paperback
|
Summary
Published during the political and racial turmoil of the 1960s, THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER is a fictionalized version of the written documents of a man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. As Styron wrote at the time, "Had perfect accuracy been my aim I would have written a work of history rather than a novel." His controversial novel is the tragic story of the effects of oppression on a man's inherent goodness and decency.
Customer Reviews
Review this book!
Media Reviews
"This is a first-rate novel...and the best by an American writer that has appeared in some years...Styron maintains throughout his narrative a consistent and highly imaginative realism not only on the object plane, but also by recreating the intimate psychology of his characters...In a way inconceivable, even for Faulkner, Styron's prose master." -- Philip Rahv
-- New York Review of Books
"Styron has freely, with luxurious imagination, reconstructed Nat Turner's life from the 20-page confession to the court that then had him hanged...The real achievement of this beautiful, curious, essentially dreamlike narrative is [that Styron] has been able to create with his honest sense of the tragic, a man whom the locked-up force of daily, hourly, constant suppression has turned into a Stranger-someone who remains single, separate, wholly other from ourselves and our notions...What we have here is a wonderfully evocative portrait of a gifted, proud, long-suppressed human being who began to live only when he was sentenced to die." -- Alfred Kazin
-- Book World
"He has begun the common history-ours." -- James Baldwin
"Alas, what Negroes will find in Styron's 'confessions' is much the same old failure of sensibility that plagues most other fiction about black people. That is to say, they will all find a Nat Turner whom many white people may accept at a safe distance, but hardly one with whom Negroes will easily identify." -- Albert Murray
-- New Leader
"The question is not whether Styron has a right to use alien experiences but whether his novel proves that he knows what he is writing about. In this instance, the overriding answer is yes." -- Paul Gray
-- Time
"[T]he most profound fictional treatment of slavery in our literature." -- C. Vann Woodward
-- New Republic
"I don't know if the book tells the literal truth about Nat Turner, but for me that's beside the point. It is an extraordinary story of a fight for justice, of how honor and mercy destroyed can come to life again." -- Mary Gaitskill
-- Salon
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1993
Edition: 25th edition
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 455
Publisher's Notes
Set in 1831, The Confessions Of Nat Turner tells--in his own words--of a black man who awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. His name is Nat Turner and he is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of that 'peculiar institution.'
Other Editions
Similar books
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Retells the classic story as a graphic novel with study guide.
Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
by
A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest J. Gaines
Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, "A Lesson Before Dying" is an "enormously moving" ("Los Angeles Times") novel of one man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and a young man who visits him in his cell. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
The author of The Stananic Verses creates a fascinating family saga about the birth and maturity of a land and its people--a brilliant incarnation of the human comedy. "Rushdie has achieved a magnificent and unique work of fiction".--The Philadelphia Inquirer.
|
|
Ready to buy this book?
Below are all of the copies of 0679736638 we currently have available for purchase, sorted by lowest price first. If you would like to refine your search, use the advanced options in the search box above.
|
|
1)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron
Vintage, 1992-11-10. Paperback. Good. Scattered, but very limited, highlighting, throughout the book. Some scratches on cover. ( more information) Offered by Nisaba Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
2)
|
Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993 Minor edgewear on wrapper.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by A Good Read (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
3)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron
Vintage, 1992-11-10. Paperback. Good. ( more information) Offered by The Book Stop (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
4)
|
Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
Random House, 1967. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 1967 HARDCOVER. 430 pages. Slight tear and toning on dust jacket cover, light foxing on page ridges, pencil marks on first few pages, pages lightly toned. "In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his execution. The compelling story ranges over the whole of Nat's Life, reaching its inevitable and shattering climax that bloody day in August. The Confessions of Nat Turner is not only a masterpiece of storytelling; is also reveals in unforgettable human terms the agonizing essence of Negro slavery. Through the mind of a slave, Willie Styron has re-created a catastrophic event, and dramatized the intermingled miseries, frustrations--and hopes--which caused this extraordinary black man to rise up out of the early mists of our history and strike down those who held his people in bondage." ( more information) Offered by Yesterday's Muse (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
5)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
New York, New York: Vintage Books / Random House, Inc, 1993. First Thus. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Creasing to front hinge and back lower corner. Some edge wear. ISBN: 0679736638. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
6)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
New York: Vintage, 1992. New soft cover. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked.. Soft Cover. New. ( more information) Offered by Book Lovers Warehouse (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
7)
|
Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993. The pages are clean and unmarked. The spine is free of creases. In excellent condition.. Soft Cover. New. ( more information) Offered by Book Lovers Warehouse (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
8)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
William Styron
Vintage. Paperback. 0679736638 * Reliable customer service and no-hassle return policy. Usually ships in 1-2 business days.. Good. 11/10/1992. ( more information) Offered by BookFargo.com (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
9)
|
CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
STYRON, WILLIAM
RANDOM HOUSE TRADE, 192. QUALITY PAPERBACK. VG. ( more information) Offered by Elliott Bay Book Company (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
10)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
Vintage, 1993. Softcover. VG+. Rubbing, nicks.. no. Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Trade Paperback ( more information) Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
11)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Qty: 40)
Styron, William
Vintage, 10-Nov-1992. Paperback. NEW. Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: U20081002174249G ( more information) Offered by A1Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
12)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Qty: 13)
Styron, William
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679736638 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information) Offered by Robin Pugh's Nest of Treasures (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
13)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Qty: 8)
Styron, William
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679736638 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information) Offered by Robin Pugh's Nest of Treasures (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
14)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Qty: 4)
Styron, William
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679736638 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information) Offered by Robin Pugh's Nest of Treasures (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
15)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
Vintage. PAPERBACK. 0679736638 Excellent condition, paperback 1968, FIRST PRINTING, no marks, great cover, faded color on spine, light tanning, readit . Fine. ( more information) Offered by Agora Bookstore (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
16)
|
Confessions of Nat Turner
Styron, William
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993 new trade paper. Trade Paper. New -. ( more information) Offered by Port Hole Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
17)
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Qty: 5)
William Styron
Vintage, 1992-11-10. Paperback. New. Brand New. In Stock. Order Now. Ship from CA, IN, PA, OR, TN and FL. Over 600,000 CD/DVD, Books and bibles. Free tracking with every order. ( more information) Offered by *** www.HarvardBooksellers.com *** (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
18)
|
Confessions of Nat Turner
STYRON, WILLIAM
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993 C-0000;;IRV DESK; XYZ; AUTHOR'S NOTE; 455 PAGES. NOT SIGNED. NOT FIRST. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. ( more information) Offered by JOHN P LA CROIX,BOOKSELLER (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
0 items in cart
Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Some content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
