The first ever essay collection from two-time Booker Shortlistee and Chair of the 2023 Booker Prize - now in paperback
Esi Edugyan Ordre des livres (chronologique)
Esi Edugyan est saluée pour sa narration magistrale et son exploration perspicace d'expériences humaines complexes. Sa prose est à la fois élégante et évocatrice, entraînant les lecteurs dans des mondes richement imaginés et des paysages émotionnels profonds. Les récits d'Edugyan abordent souvent des thèmes d'identité, d'histoire et le pouvoir durable de l'esprit humain, rendus avec une voix distinctive qui résonne longtemps après la dernière page.
Washington Black
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE ROGERS WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZENew York Times Top Ten Book of the Year 2018'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.
Halvblods
- 333pages
- 12 heures de lecture
The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin.