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Washington Black
Eleven-year-old George Washington Black - or Wash - a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is intially terrified when he is chosen to be the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is intiated into a world 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, they must abandon everything and flee. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, Washington Black is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again. -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525563242
- ISBN: 0525563245
- Physical Description: 383 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist, 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist, 2018 Governor General's Literary Award Fiction Category Nominee, 2018 PEN Open Book Award Longlist, 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Finalist, 2019 The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Longlist, 2019 Nommo Award for Speculative Fiction by Africans Best Novel Category Longlist, 2019 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist, 2018 |
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| Genre: | Novels. Action and adventure fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Adventure fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APLS | 813.6 EDU | 31291002937405 | MODEL LIBRARY | Available | - |
