Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Esi Edugyan's novel Washington Black was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and The Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her previous novel, Half Blood Blues won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the Governor-General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Prize and the Orange Prize.Stunning ... Out of the Sun provides an enlightening, multifaceted and thoroughly engrossing look at what blackness means and has meant through the centuries.
Irish Times
A remarkable collection of essays on representation, race, identity and history. Not surprisingly, Out of the Sun is rich in stories, memory and the warmth of human experience ... gripping ... There are insights, ironies and nuances on every page: Edugyan must now be counted as one of the finest essayists of her generation, as well as one of the best novelists
- Matthew D'Ancona,
In its breadth, beauty and candour, this is a beguiling collection. And if, after reading it you leave with more questions than you started - which might be a complaint in a lesser book - then I suspect it has achieved its aim
- Kuba Shand-Baptiste, Guardian
Praise for Esi Edugyan: Wondrous ... gripping ... vivid and captivating
Economist
Magnificent and strikingly visual prose
Financial Times
Exquisite
New York Magazine
Edugyan is a magical writer
Washington Post
A towering achievement . . . Edugyan is one of our sharpest and deepest writers
Entertainment Weekly
Strong, beautiful and beguiling
Observer
Poignant and political, Edugyan enjoys taking her readers where they are least expecting to go . . . shines a light on the present as well as the past.
Irish Independent
A pacey yet thoughtful exploration of freedom, and our moral compulsion to act
Spectator