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Washington Black
Signed and personally inscribed Canadian trade paperback edition of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. The title page is inscribed “To Jan, with best wishes,” followed by Edugyan’s signature. This is the 2019 Patrick Crean Editions/HarperCollins trade paperback, third printing, with its distinctive deckled fore-edge.
Beginning on a Barbados sugar plantation, the novel follows eleven-year-old Washington Black after he is selected to serve Christopher “Titch” Wilde, an inventor, naturalist and abolitionist. Their escape sets Washington on a far-reaching journey through the Caribbean, the frozen North, Europe and beyond as he confronts danger, betrayal, discovery and the meaning of freedom.
Washington Black won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It combines historical adventure with an exploration of slavery, identity, scientific curiosity and self-invention.
Softcover copy in Very Good condition as stated by the seller, with light exterior handling and minor edge or corner wear visible in the photographs. No dust jacket. The deckled page fore-edge is clearly shown and is an intentional feature of the edition. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual book, inscription, copyright information and condition.
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Signed and personally inscribed Canadian trade paperback edition of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. The title page is inscribed “To Jan, with best wishes,” followed by Edugyan’s signature. This is the 2019 Patrick Crean Editions/HarperCollins trade paperback, third printing, with its distinctive deckled fore-edge.
Beginning on a Barbados sugar plantation, the novel follows eleven-year-old Washington Black after he is selected to serve Christopher “Titch” Wilde, an inventor, naturalist and abolitionist. Their escape sets Washington on a far-reaching journey through the Caribbean, the frozen North, Europe and beyond as he confronts danger, betrayal, discovery and the meaning of freedom.
Washington Black won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It combines historical adventure with an exploration of slavery, identity, scientific curiosity and self-invention.
Softcover copy in Very Good condition as stated by the seller, with light exterior handling and minor edge or corner wear visible in the photographs. No dust jacket. The deckled page fore-edge is clearly shown and is an intentional feature of the edition. Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual book, inscription, copyright information and condition.
