WASHINGTON BLACK - Esi Edugyan
~ Standard Hardcover
~ Winner of Scotiabank Giller Prize - 2018
A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, Washington Black is an electrifying story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, that asks the question: What is true freedom?
From the blistering cane fields of the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, from the earliest aquariums of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black is a brutal, magical, urgent, and exuberamt story that explores whether a life salvaged from the ashes can ever be made whole?
“Edugyan has created a wonder of an adventure story, powered by the helium of fantasy, but also by the tender sensibility of its aspiring young hero.” -- NPR
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WASHINGTON BLACK - Esi Edugyan
WASHINGTON BLACK - Esi Edugyan
~ Standard Hardcover
~ Winner of Scotiabank Giller Prize - 2018
A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, Washington Black is an electrifying story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, that asks the question: What is true freedom?
From the blistering cane fields of the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, from the earliest aquariums of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black is a brutal, magical, urgent, and exuberamt story that explores whether a life salvaged from the ashes can ever be made whole?
“Edugyan has created a wonder of an adventure story, powered by the helium of fantasy, but also by the tender sensibility of its aspiring young hero.” -- NPR
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~ Standard Hardcover
~ Winner of Scotiabank Giller Prize - 2018
A dazzling, original novel of slavery and freedom, Washington Black is an electrifying story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, that asks the question: What is true freedom?
From the blistering cane fields of the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, from the earliest aquariums of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black is a brutal, magical, urgent, and exuberamt story that explores whether a life salvaged from the ashes can ever be made whole?
“Edugyan has created a wonder of an adventure story, powered by the helium of fantasy, but also by the tender sensibility of its aspiring young hero.” -- NPR
