The Old Slave and the Mastiff
The gripping story of a plantation slave's desperate escape
$40.55
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2018
Summary
NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR’S CHOICE AND BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOKS OF 2018
CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS ‘MOST ANTICIPATED FICTION BOOKS OF 2018’
”(A) beautiful book, by a writer who’s as original as any I’ve read all year” - Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
“My favorite Caribbean writer” - Junot Diaz
“A cloudburst of a novel, swift…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349700465 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034970046X |
| Author: | Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 346g |
| Dimensions: | 145mm x 226mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Patrick Chamoiseau
Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the creolite movement.
Chamoiseau was born on December 3, 1953 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, where he currently resides. After he studied law in Paris he returned to Martinique inspired by Edouard Glissant to take a close interest in Creole culture. Chamoiseau is the author of a historical work on the Antilles under the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and several non-fiction books which include Eloge de la creolite (In Praise of Creoleness), co-authored with Jean Bernabe and Raphael Confiant. Awarded the Prix Carbet (1990) for Antan d’enfance. His novel Texaco was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1992, and was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. It has been described as “a masterpiece, the work of a genius, a novel that deserves to be known as much as Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and Cesaire’s Return to My Native Land”.
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