Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - Couverture souple

"An American classic, written with grace and precision" (Observer)

"Thoughtful, moving and brilliantly written" (The Times)

"A man with a phenomenal life story" (Spectator)

"Extraordinary . . . It's unique. It's his. There are no other ones like that" (TONI MORRISON)

"A bestseller because of its freshness and honesty" (CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Sunday Times)

"A well-written account of Obama's struggle to establish his own views on identity and race, and all the more entertaining for its honesty" (Financial Times 2007-11-03)

"The only politician's life I have read that made me cry . . . elegant and surprising prose as well as a solid personal statement" (IAN KELLY The Times 2008-07-03)

"[Obama] writes with candour about racism, bigotry and hardship, but always there is a sense of wisdom - you feel you are in the presence of a very mature man . . . You will not fail to be moved by Obama's warmth and humility" (Good Book Guide 2008-05-01)

"With its honesty and cool language, and by virtue of having a story worth telling, the book impresses far more than the typical political memoir" (COLIN WATERS Sunday Herald 2008-06-01)

"Obama has written a memoir . . . that evokes the anguish of miscegenation yet culminates in a cry of faith in human community . . . Obama is a born narrator, with a mastery of colour, scene and personality, deftly stirring them into the melting pot of a shared American identity. Rarely has that identity found so vivid a portraitist" (SIMON JENKINS Sunday Times 2008-06-15)

"Because he held to the good and transcended the bad, in Obama's genesis millions of us will find hope . . . his search to know and forgive his absent Kenyan father holds lessons for us all. Especially in relative terms, his clear prose is refreshing" (ROSS LECKIE The Times 2008-06-14)

"Worthy of attention in its own right . . . his prose is both vivid and engrossing" (New Nation)

"It's touching, revealing, brave and generous . . . unprecedentedly well written for any politician" (Evening Standard 2008-06-30)

"Obama is a subtle writer, with an extraordinary breadth of vision" (MARGARET ELPHINSTONE Sunday Herald 2008-11-30)

"This memoir displays great intelligence and humility . . . and proves a rewarding read" (Beyond 2008-12-01)

"A touchstone for future politicians" (PHILIP WOMACK Daily Telegraph 2009-11-14)

"A memoir recounting Barack Obama's humble political beginnings and search for racial identity that relies on eloquence, rhapsodic prose and powerful, soul-stirring emotion as a crutch" (The Onion)

"Obama's writing is characterised throughout by a graceful eloquence, a generosity of perception and spirit rare in young men of many gifts and charisma...here is a testimony for the ages" (CANDACE ALLEN Independent)

"The book that revealed Barack Obama as not just an ambitious politician but also as an eloquent writer and deep thinker" (ERICA WAGNER The Times 2009-11-14) --The Times

"This book is simply justified, whatever its long-term political significance may or may not be, as a rich and rewarding read" (Herald) --Herald

"Whatever else people expect from a politician, it's not usually a beautifully written personal memoir steeped in honesty. Barack Obama has produced one" (OONA KING The Times) --The Times

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He is the first African-American President to be elected President of the United States, and was the first to be nominated for President by a major U.S. political party. He was the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois from 2005 until he resigned on November 16, 2008, following his election to the Presidency. Barack Obama is the son of Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983, and moved to Chicago in 1985 to work for a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment. In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. In addition to his work as a community organizer, Obama practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. During his eight years in the Illinois state Senate, Obama worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. Obama also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama enlisted the support of law enforcement officials to draft legislation requiring the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases. As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. Obama is especially proud of being a husband and father of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Obama and his wife, Michelle, married in 1992 and have a home in Chicago’s South Side.