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Man Booker-shortlisted writer coming to Bristol
Celebrated author, Esi Edugyan, who has been shortlisted for this year’s hugely prestigious Man Booker Prize, is appearing at St George’s the night before the winner of the major literary award is announced. It is the second time she has been shortlisted for the prize.
The Canadian writer’s 2018 Man Booker shortlisted novel, Washington Black, is a gripping tale about a devastating bid for freedom from slavery.
The novel has received huge acclaim. “Washington Black is nothing short of a masterpiece”, says Attica Locke. Arifa Akbar, writing in The Observer calls it, “Strong, beautiful and beguiling”. The Economist says it is “Wondrous … gripping … vivid and captivating”. And Sandra Newman says it is “a brilliantly absorbing picaresque; a book that combines the unflinching depiction of violence with a lyrical, hallucinatory beauty”.
No stranger to awards and acclaim, Esi’s previous novel, Half-Blood Blues won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Governor-General’s Literary Award, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Prize, and the Orange Prize.
Esi Edugyan will be discussing her latest novel, Washington Black, with Dr Madhu Krishnan at St George’s on October 15 at 6.30pm. For more information, visit www.ideasfestival.co.uk/events/esi-edugyan/
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