Washington Black : a novel / Esi Edugyan.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Serpent's Tail, 2019.Description: 419 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781846689604 (pbk.) :
- 813.6 23
- PR9199.4.E35
- Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Fiction Section | F EDU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R17367L0499 |
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
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