The first ever essay collection from two-time Booker Shortlistee and Chair of the 2023 Booker Prize - now in paperback
Esi Edugyan Boeken
Esi Edugyan wordt geprezen om haar meesterlijke vertelkunst en inzichtelijke verkenning van complexe menselijke ervaringen. Haar proza is zowel elegant als suggestief en trekt lezers mee in rijkelijk verbeelde werelden en diepgaande emotionele landschappen. Edugyans verhalen duiken vaak in thema's als identiteit, geschiedenis en de blijvende kracht van de menselijke geest, weergegeven met een onderscheidende stem die nog lang na de laatste bladzijde resoneert.
"Washington Black, an eleven-year-old slave, is chosen to be the manservant of Christopher Wilde who takes him on adventures around the globe."
The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought when Chip shares a mysterious letter, bringing to the surface secrets buried since Hiero's fate was settled. In Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan weaves the horror of betrayal, the burden of loyalty and the possibility that, if you don't tell your story, someone else might tell it for you. And they just might tell it wrong ...
