{"product_id":"the-book-of-harlan-paperback","title":"The Book of Harlan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernice L. McFadden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Winner of a 2017 American Book Award\u003cbr\u003e * Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction)\u003cbr\u003e * 2017 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award Nominee (Fiction)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simply miraculous . . . As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader's astonishment at the magic she creates. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance, and cruelty, and at the center of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Harlan\u003c\/em\u003e is the restorative force that is music.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Harlan \u003c\/em\u003eopens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre--affectionately referred to as \"The Harlem of Paris\" by Black American musicians--Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald--the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany--irreparably changing the course of Harlan's life. Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden's mesmeric prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Harlan \u003c\/em\u003eskillfully blends the stories of McFadden's familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.93 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338615554137,"sku":"9781636142838","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/CVOe3vwpsI9781636142838.webp?v=1779426811","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/the-book-of-harlan-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}