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The Message 2024
The Message is a nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates, released on October 1, 2024 through Random House's One World imprint. The Associated Press characterized the work as "part memoir, part travelogue, and part writing primer". The story follows Coates’s reflections during trips to Dakar, Senegal; Chapin, South Carolina; and the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The second portion of the book focuses on Coates's ten-day journey in the summer of 2023 to Israel-Palestine — his initial visit to the area — along with his critique of prioritizing "factual complexity over self-evident morality". The New York Times noted that "the heart of the book, and the part that is bound to attract the most attention" lies within this section. A profile in New York magazine stated that The Message "lays forth the case that the Israeli occupation is a moral crime, one that has been all but covered up by the West". In the text, Coates states: "I don't think I ever, in my life, felt the glare of racism burn stranger and more intense than in Israel.
Details
- Publisher
- One World
- ISBN
- 9780593230381
- Pages
- 256
- Format
- Print (hardcover and paperback), ebook, audiobook
