The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Tells the story of Aminata, a young girl abducted from her village in Mali aged 11 in 1755, and who, after a deathly journey on a slave ship where she witnesses the brutal repression of a slave revolt, is sold to a plantation owner in South Carolina, who rapes her. This work manages to use her story to bring the harrowing chapter in our history.
Lawrence Hill was born in Ontario, Canada of a black father and a white mother. He is the author of a memoir, Black Berry, Sweet Juice, a work of non-fiction, The Deserter's Tale, and two other novels. His third novel, The Book of Negroes (published in the US as Somebody Knows My Name) was a no.1 bestseller in Canada, and won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385616263 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385616260 |
| Title | The Book of Negroes |
| Author | Lawrence Hill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book 2008, Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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