Which American author wrote the novels 'Sophie's Choice' and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'?
The Confessions of Nat Turner The Confessions of Nat Turner The Confessions of Nat Turner is a 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by U.S. writer William Styron. Presented as a first-person narrative by historical figure Nat Turner, the novel concerns the slave revolt in Virginia in 1831. It is based on "The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia", a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831. "Time Magazine" included the novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". The novel is based on an extant document, the
The Confessions of Nat Turner undocumented. The "Confessions" is largely sympathetic to Turner, if not to his thoughts. The time is November, 1831. African American slave Nat Turner sits in a Virginia jail awaiting execution for his crimes. Nat led a slave rebellion which ended in the deaths of dozens of white people as well as many of his own closest friends. Thomas Gray, a smug, oily prosecuting attorney, urges Nat to "confess" his crimes and make peace with God. Nat begins to think back on his past life and tells the novel in a series of flashbacks. Nat's first master was Samuel Turner, a