Summary Of The Water Dancer

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The Water Dancer is the debut novel of Ta-Nehisi Coates, a journalist known for his award-winning essay collections on race, his contributions to The Atlantic, and his work on Marvel's The Black Panther comic book series. A New York Times bestseller and selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, the novel centers on Hiram Walker, a fugitive slave who becomes an agent in the Underground, an organization devoted to the destruction of slavery in the United States during the mid-1800s. With its focus on life after slavery, an alternate historical timeline, and the protagonist's ability to manipulate time and space, the novel combines elements of the neo-slave narrative and speculative fiction. This study guide is based on the 2019 Penguin Random House print edition. (Source: Google Books API)