Washington Black / Esi Edugyan.
By: Edugyan, Esi.
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BookPublisher: Serpent's Tail; Export edition 14 September 2018Edition: First United States edition.Description: 432 pages 13.5 x 3 x 21.6 cm.ISBN: 9781781258972; 9780525521426 (hardcover : alk. paper) .DDC classification: 813/.6
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Books | Panampilly Nagar | Fiction | Book Cart | TPA-F1-R6-S4 (Browse shelf) | Available | B5104306 |
When 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 these men. 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. From the blistering cane fields of Barbados to the icy wastes of the Canadian Arctic, from the mud-drowned streets of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black teems with all the strangeness and mystery of life. Inspired by a true story, Washington Black is the extraordinary tale of a world destroyed and made whole again.