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Washington Black de Esi Edugyan

Washington Black

Autor Esi Edugyan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2019
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING TOM ELLIS, RUPERT GRAVES AND STERLING K. BROWN* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2018 * FINALIST FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE ROGERS WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE * LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020 * WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE *'A masterpiece' ATTICA LOCKE'Strong, beautiful and beguiling' OBSERVER'Destined to become a future classic ... that rare book that should appeal to every kind of reader' GUARDIANWhen two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven-year-old field slave - finds himself selected as personal servant to one of them. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him.Titch's idealistic plans are soon shattered and Washington finds himself in mortal danger. They escape together, but then Titch disappears and Washington must make his way alone, following the promise of freedom further than he ever dreamed possible.Inspired by a true story, Washington Black is an extraordinary tale of a world destroyed and made whole again.
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ISBN-13: 9781846689604
ISBN-10: 1846689600
Pagini: 422
Dimensiuni: 131 x 198 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: PROFILE BOOKS
Colecția Serpent's Tail
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Esi Edugyan's internationally bestselling Washington Black won the Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International Dublin Literary Award, and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal Prize. Her previous novel, Half Blood Blues won the Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Governor-General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Prize, and the Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Washington Black is a profoundly humane story about false idols, the fickleness of fortune and whether a slave, once freed, can ever truly be free
A lush, exhilarating travelogue reminiscent of Jules Verne . . . Edugyan, like her hero, can paint an indelible scene
A full-pelt adventure story featuring hot-air balloon crashes, blizzards in the Arctic, scientific discovery, knife fights in dark alleys, bounty hunters and forbidden romance
Washington Black is a brilliantly absorbing picaresque; a book that combines the unflinching depiction of violence with a lyrical, hallucinatory beauty.
Wondrous ... gripping ... vivid and captivating
Magnificent and strikingly visual prose
Washington Black is a gripping adventure and an atmospheric portrayal of 1830s society at both the fringes of the world and the heart of the British Empire
A pacey yet thoughtful exploration of freedom, and our moral compulsion to act
Exquisite
An engrossing hybrid of 19th-century adventure and contemporary subtlety, a rip-roaring tale of peril imbued with our most persistent strife . . . Edugyan is a magical writer
A towering achievement . . . Edugyan is one of our sharpest and deepest writers of historical fiction
Edugyan's genius here is that she's found an urgent, fresh way of writing the antebellum novel . . . A romping yarn, beautifully and evocatively written, the narrative spinning along at a glorious pace.
Astonishing . . . Washington Black's presence in these pages is fierce and unsettling. His urge to live all he can is matched by his eloquence.
In a story that is escapist, as well as poignant and political, Edugyan enjoys taking her readers where they are least expecting to go . . . Like the best historical fiction, it shines a light on the present as well as the past.
Washington Black is made vivid by Esi Edugyan's gifts for language and character, and by the strength of her story ... The reader feels honoured and moved to have kept Wash company on his journeying
At the core of this novel, with its searing, supple prose and superb characters, is a visceral depiction of the abomination of slavery. Yet, as importantly, it explores an unlikely friendship, the limits to understanding another's suffering, the violence lurking in humans and the glories of adventure in a world full of wonders.

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TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times,Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Slate
ONE OF THEBEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Boston Globe,NPR,Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Economist, Bustle
WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE, THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE, THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE

"Enthralling" --Boston Globe "Extraordinary" --Seattle Times "A rip-roaring tale" --Washington Post

A dazzling adventure story about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world.

George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning--and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human.

But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash's head, Christopher and Wash must abandon everything. What follows is their flight along the eastern coast of America, and, finally, to a remote outpost in the Arctic. What brings Christopher and Wash together will tear them apart, propelling Wash even further across the globe in search of his true self.

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 tells a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, of a world destroyed and made whole again, and asks the question, What is true freedom?