March by Geraldine Brooks

June 25, 2006

March has to do, in part, with the problems raised by slavery in this country and the terrible tensions among the abolitionists. How can an idealistic pacifist justify his participation in violent action. What of his inability to take such action at the cost of another man's death? What of the moral man's infidelity to his wife when lost in love and admiration for a slave woman? Many of the themes--having to do with the ambiguities of freedom, inequality, resistance, guilt, and atonement--relate to contemporary problems having to do with social justice.

"This isn't a book about war, but about the strength of ideas that drive people to extreme action."
–Geraldine Brooks

Portrait of Geraldine Brooks courtesy of Jerry Bauer

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