Washington Black [Book Club Set]
New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
Format: Kit
Related Information: https://www.richlandlibrary.com/services/reserve-book-club-set
Edition: First Vintage books edition.
Description: Includes 15 paperback books in one bag.
"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.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Naturalists -- Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Flying-machines -- Fiction.
Book club set, Adult.
Barbados -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Naturalists -- Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Flying-machines -- Fiction.
Book club set, Adult.
Barbados -- Fiction.
Target Audience: 830L
ISBN:
9780525563242
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BOOK CLUB SET Washington | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book Club Set | In |
Kit.
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
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