Washington Black :
Edugyan, Esi,
Washington Black : a novel / Esi Edugyan. - London : Serpent's Tail, 2019. - 419 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2018.
When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, nervousness and fear run high. Washington Black - an eleven year-old field slave who has known no other life - is aghast to find himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde - naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist - whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Through Wilde, Washington is initiated into a world of wonder: a world where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning.
Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018
9781846689604 (pbk.) : £8.99 No price
Barbados--History--19th century--Fiction.
PR9199.4.E35
813.6
Washington Black : a novel / Esi Edugyan. - London : Serpent's Tail, 2019. - 419 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2018.
When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, nervousness and fear run high. Washington Black - an eleven year-old field slave who has known no other life - is aghast to find himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde - naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist - whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Through Wilde, Washington is initiated into a world of wonder: a world where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning.
Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018
9781846689604 (pbk.) : £8.99 No price
Barbados--History--19th century--Fiction.
PR9199.4.E35
813.6