The Resource Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
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The item Washington Black, Esi Edugyan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Washington Black, Esi Edugyan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "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, a boy rises from the ashes of slavery in the 1830s to become a free man of the world"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
- Isbn
- 9781643580074
- Label
- Washington Black
- Title
- Washington Black
- Statement of responsibility
- Esi Edugyan
- Subject
-
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- Large type books
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueFugitives
- trueSlaves
- trueScience
- trueBetrayal
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueInterracial friendship
- Historical fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- Barbados -- Fiction
- trueAirships
- trueSelf-discovery
- trueBarbados
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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, a boy rises from the ashes of slavery in the 1830s to become a free man of the world"--
- Summary
- Unexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2019.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2018.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2018.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2018
- Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10692373
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Edugyan, Esi
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.4.E35
- LC item number
- W37 2018b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Slavery
- Barbados
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21552828
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643580074
- Lccn
- 2018041775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050456147
- Label
- Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21552828
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643580074
- Lccn
- 2018041775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050456147
Subject
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAirships
- trueBarbados
- Barbados -- Fiction
- trueBetrayal
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFugitives
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInterracial friendship
- Large type books
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueScience
- trueSelf-discovery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- trueSlaves
Genre
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2019
- trueBest Historical Fiction 2018
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 2018
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2018
- trueHistorical Fiction: Canadian Authors
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2018
- trueScotiabank Giller Prize
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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