Washington Black :
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TextPublication details: London : Serpent's Tail, 2019Description: 419 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846689604 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Barbados -- History -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Historical. DDC classification: 813.6 LOC classification: PR9199.4.E35Awards: Scotiabank Giller Prize 2018Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Books | Main Library Fiction | F .E249 2019 | Available | 32373 |
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