Dreams from my father
a story of race and inheritance
by Barack Obama
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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father, a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey, first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
2016, Canongate Books
in English
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Pitā se mile sapane
2009, Aravinda Kumāra Pabliśarsa
in Hindi
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8184520174 9788184520170
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Dreams from My Father
Aug 14, 2008, Brand: Canongate Books, Three Rivers Press
paperback
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Les rêves de mon père: document
2008, Presses de la Cité
Texte imprimé :
in French
2258075971 9782258075979
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Les rêves de mon père: l'histoire d'un héritage en noir et blanc : autobiographie
2008, [Seuil]
in French
2757810898 9782757810897
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Barack Obama: 2008 Presidential Campaign Speeches by Barack Obama
2008-11-25, Classic House Books
0979905230 9780979905230
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내 아버지로부터의 꿈: Dreams from My Father
2007, Raendŏm Hausŭ K'oria
in Korean
- 1-p'an
8925510146 9788925510149
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I sogni di mio padre: un racconto sulla razza e l'eredità
2007, Nutrimenti
in Italian
8888389865 9788888389868
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Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance
2004, Three Rivers Press, Crown Publishing Group, The
in English
- 1st pbk. ed.
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"A few months after my twenty-first birthday, a stranger called to give me the news."
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Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama's remarkable memoir. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, long before Obama had thoughts of a political career, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are.
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