The Time of Our Singing topic

The Time of Our Singing (2003) is a novel by American writer Richard Powers. It tells the story of two brothers involved in music, dealing heavily with issues of prejudice.Their parents met at Marian Anderson's legendary concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after she had been barred from any other legitimate concert venue.The story goes back and forth between the generations describing the unusual coupling of a German-Jewish physicist who has lost his family in the holocaust and a black... full article at wikipedia