Buy this book on-line Esi Edugyan : Washington BlackAlfred A. Knopf, New York, 2018 ISBN 0525521429
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BW5 - A first US edition hardcover book SIGNED by Esi Edugyan on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges (mostly the top) and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, wrinkling on the spine edges, light water soiled patch on the bottom of the front free endpaper, light discolroation and shelf wear. ESCAPE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 9.5"x6.5", 333 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning - and 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, Christopher and Wash must abandon everything. What follows is their flight along the eastern coast of America, and, finally, to a remote outpost in the Arctic. What brings Christopher and Wash together will tear them apart, propelling Wash even further across the globe in search of his true self. From the blistering cane fields of the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, from the earliest aquariums of London to the eerie deserts of Morocco, Washington Black tells a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, of a world destroyed and made whole again, and asks the question, What is true freedom?. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Esi Edugyan : Washington Black. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres illustrées, incunabula, rare books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |