By Geraldine BROOKS,Anne RABINOVITCH
Inspirée de los angeles vie du ultimate Indien diplômé de Harvard en 1665, une bold fresque, pleine de ardour et d'aventures, sur l. a. disagreement entre spiritualité amérindienne et puritanisme des premiers colons.
Élevée dans le calvinisme le plus pur, Bethia Mayfield, fille de pasteur, se despatched à l'étroit dans sa vie. Dotée d'un esprit vif, d'une curiosité sans bornes, elle n'aspire qu'à une selected : se voir offrir l. a. même éducation que les hommes.
Pour tromper l'ennui, l. a. jeune fille arpente les terres sauvages de Martha's winery. Un jour, son chemin croise celui d'un jeune Indien Wampanoag.
Une rencontre incongrue, most excellent pas vers une amitié aussi inébranlable que secrète. Alors que Bethia lui apprend des rudiments d'anglais et de catéchisme, le jeune homme, rebaptisé Caleb, l'initie aux rites et croyances de sa tribu.
Recueilli peu après par les Mayfield, Caleb est envoyé à Harvard pour y recevoir l'éducation qui lui permettra de convertir son peuple. Mais peut-on jamais renier ses origines ?
Bonne judgment of right and wrong chrétienne, racisme primaire et préjugés moraux, au fil du magazine de Bethia se dessine l'histoire d'une tragique utopie américaine, d'un monde déchiré entre deux rives.
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