2020, ISBN: 9780525521426

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Eighth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. David Burdeny (front-of-jacket photograph), Tamara. [10], 333, [9] pages. DJ has slight wear a… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Eighth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. David Burdeny (front-of-jacket photograph), Tamara. [10], 333, [9] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This work was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Esi Edugyan (born 1978) is a Canadian novelist She has twice won the Giller Prize, for her novels Half-Blood Blues and Washington Black. She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, where she was mentored by Jack Hodgins. She also earned a master's degree from Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. Published in 2011, Half-Blood Blues shortlisted for that year's Man Booker Prize, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. Edugyan was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Patrick deWitt, to make all four award lists in 2011. On November 8, 2011, she won the Giller Prize for Half-Blood Blues. Again alongside deWitt's work, Half-Blood Blues was shortlisted for the 2012 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. In September 2012, in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, Edugyan received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction for Half-Blood Blues, chosen by a jury composed of Rita Dove, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Simon Schama. Her third novel, Washington Black, was published in September 2018. It won the Giller Prize in November 2018, making Edugyan only the third writer, after M. G. Vassanji and Alice Munro, ever to win the award twice. Washington Black was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Slate. · ONE OF THE BEST 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?, Alfred A. Knopf, 2019, 3<

2020, ISBN: 9780525521426

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Eighth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. David Burdeny (front-of-jacket photograph), Tamara. [10], 333, [9] pages. DJ has slight wear a… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Eighth printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. David Burdeny (front-of-jacket photograph), Tamara. [10], 333, [9] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This work was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Esi Edugyan (born 1978) is a Canadian novelist She has twice won the Giller Prize, for her novels Half-Blood Blues and Washington Black. She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, where she was mentored by Jack Hodgins. She also earned a master's degree from Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. Published in 2011, Half-Blood Blues shortlisted for that year's Man Booker Prize, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. Edugyan was one of two Canadian writers, alongside Patrick deWitt, to make all four award lists in 2011. On November 8, 2011, she won the Giller Prize for Half-Blood Blues. Again alongside deWitt's work, Half-Blood Blues was shortlisted for the 2012 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. In September 2012, in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, Edugyan received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction for Half-Blood Blues, chosen by a jury composed of Rita Dove, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Simon Schama. Her third novel, Washington Black, was published in September 2018. It won the Giller Prize in November 2018, making Edugyan only the third writer, after M. G. Vassanji and Alice Munro, ever to win the award twice. Washington Black was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Slate. · ONE OF THE BEST 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?, Alfred A. Knopf, 2019, 3<

2018, ISBN: 9780525521426

Gebundene Ausgabe

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. BW5 - A first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by Esi Edugyan on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. D… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. BW5 - A first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by Esi Edugyan on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges (mostly the top) and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, wrinkling on the spine edges, light water soiled patch on the bottom of the front free endpaper, light discolroation and shelf wear. ESCAPE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 9.5"x6.5", 333 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 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?. Signed by Author. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Alfred A. Knopf, 2018, 3<

2018, ISBN: 9780525521426

Gebundene Ausgabe

Knopf, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Good Square, tight and unmarked. Minor edge wear. Superficial blemishes. DJ Clean and bright.Some staining on jacket cover., Knopf, 2018, 2.5