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The Book of Negroes

- The award-winning classic bestseller
Af: Lawrence Hill Engelsk Paperback

The Book of Negroes

- The award-winning classic bestseller
Af: Lawrence Hill Engelsk Paperback
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''A beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts . . . a fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery'' The Times

WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRIZE FOR FICTION


Based on a true story, Lawrence Hill''s epic novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful woman.

Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again.

After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to Africa.


What readers are saying:

***** ''Beautifully written ... an enlightening read''
***** ''Since reading, this has become my favourite book ever''
***** ''A powerful historical account of an incredible woman''s journey''

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''A beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts . . . a fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery'' The Times

WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRIZE FOR FICTION


Based on a true story, Lawrence Hill''s epic novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful woman.

Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again.

After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to Africa.


What readers are saying:

***** ''Beautifully written ... an enlightening read''
***** ''Since reading, this has become my favourite book ever''
***** ''A powerful historical account of an incredible woman''s journey''

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 512
ISBN-13: 9780552775489
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0552775487
Kategori: New York
Udg. Dato: 1 apr 2010
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 126mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 1 apr 2010
Forfatter(e): Lawrence Hill
Forfatter(e) Lawrence Hill


Kategori New York


ISBN-13 9780552775489


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 512


Udgave


Længde 30mm


Bredde 126mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 1 apr 2010


Oplagsdato 1 apr 2010


Forlag Transworld Publishers Ltd