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No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson
- Author: Sparrow, Jeff
Jeff Sparrow's No Way But This is a major addition to what we know of, and how we may know, this 20th-century giant ... It's impossible to do justice in a brief space to such a life of commitment...
No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson
- Author: Sparrow, Jeff
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Jeff Sparrow's No Way But This is a major addition to what we know of, and how we may know, this 20th-century giant ... It's impossible to do justice in a brief space to such a life of commitment...
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Film star. Icon. Agitator. Martyr.
Paul Robeson was a twentieth-century icon; the most famous African-American of his time. The son of a former slave, he found worldwide fame as a performer, travelling from Hollywood to the West End, and even to communist Russia.
A champion of social justice and equality, he would go on to lose everything for the sake of his principles.
Here, Jeff Sparrow traces Robeson’s remarkable life. Part travelogue, part biography, this is a story of political ardour, heritage, and trauma — a luminous portrait of a man and an urgent reflection on the politics that define us now.
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Jeff Sparrow's No Way But This is a major addition to what we know of, and how we may know, this 20th-century giant ... It's impossible to do justice in a brief space to such a life of commitment - or to suggest just what a compelling narrative Sparrow has made of it. He has aptly brought this giant to the attention of later generations
Brilliantly told by Jeff Sparrow, Paul Robeson's story is compelling and important. No Way But This is a challenge to history and a reminder of what unites us
[W]ritten with deep admiration for its subject.' -- Nadifa Mohamed
