ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alex Haley’s 1976 work Roots is not based on a true story. Haley has stated that Roots is a historical fiction novel since it is a fictitious story but is based in a historically factual era.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roots, in full Roots: The Saga of an American Family, book combining history and fiction, by Alex Haley, published in 1976 and awarded a special Pulitzer Prize.

Detailed explanation-5: -Forty-five years ago, August 17, 1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley was published by Doubleday and shot straight into the hearts of the people.