Slave old man
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Published
New York : The New Press, [2018].
Physical Desc
xiv, 151 pages ; 20 cm
Status
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CHAMOI 2018
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Published
New York : The New Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Street Date
1804
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in France as L'Esclave vieil homme et le molosse by Gallimard, Paris, 1997"--Title page verso.
Description
Named one of the “Most Anticipated Fiction Books of 2018” by the Chicago Review of Books. Named one of the “Best Books of the Summer” by Publishers Weekly “One cant help but wonder why it took so long for this treasure to be translated into English. But it is here now.” Booklist (starred review) “Chamoiseaus prose is astounding in its beauty. . . and he ups the stakes by making this novel a breathtaking thriller, as well.” Publisher Weely (starred review) From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the “heir of Joyce and Kafka,” a gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the killer hound that pursues him. From one of the most innovative and subversive novelists writing in French, a “writer of exceptional and original gifts” (The New York Times), whose Texaco won the Prix Goncourt and has been translated into fourteen languages, Patrick Chamoiseaus Slave Old Man is a gripping, profoundly unsettling story of an elderly slaves daring escape into the wild from a plantation in Martinique, with his master and a fearsome hound on his heels. We follow them into a lush rain forest where nature is beyond all human control: sinister, yet entrancing and even exhilarating, because the old mans flight to freedom will transform them all in truly astonishingeven otherworldlyways, as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest reshapes reality and time itself. Chamoiseaus exquisitely rendered new novel is an adventure for all time, one that fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs in vivid, sometimes hallucinatory prose. Offering a loving and mischievous tribute to the Creole culture of Martinique and brilliantly translated by Linda Coverdale, this novel takes us on a unique and moving journey into the heart of Caribbean history.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2018). Slave old man . The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chamoiseau, Patrick, Édouard Glissant and Linda, Coverdale. 2018. Slave Old Man. The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chamoiseau, Patrick, Édouard Glissant and Linda, Coverdale. Slave Old Man The New Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chamoiseau, Patrick,, Édouard Glissant, and Linda Coverdale. Slave Old Man The New Press, 2018.
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