The UIAD Prize for
Literature has been awarded to Nathan Harris for his debut novel The
Sweetness of Water.
The story takes place in the
fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, during the final period of the Civil War. It follows two black brothers, freed from slavery by the Emancipation Proclamation, as they try to make money for their trek north to reunite with their
mother.
The novel explores a
society that is violent and racist yet not without hope: amid grief and chaos
there emerges restoration and...love.
You can find the
French translation, La douceur de l’eau, in the UIAD library.
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