Cambridge - Softcover

Phillips, Caryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099520567 ISBN 13: 9780099520566

Publisher: Vintage, 2008

Synopsis

Cambridge is a powerful and haunting novel set in that uneasy time between the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves. It is the story of Emily Cartwright, a young woman sent from England to visit her father's West Indian plantation, and Cambridge, a plantation slave, educated and Christianised by his first master in England and now struggling to maintain his dignity.

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Review:

"A striking novel that pushes you dizzily into another time and place... Reading it is like being in the middle of a vibrant dream" (Sunday Times)

"Phillips points up the hypocrisy and humiliation of a society at breaking point; revealing it with subtlety, humour and humanity" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Caryl Phillips has proved himself to be among the best and most productive writers of his generation...with Cambridge he takes a firm step towards joining the company of the literary giants of our time" (New York Times) --New York Times

"This powerful, seductively readable book, set in a 19th century slave plantation, finally puts the sickening realities of the slave trade firmly on the map" (Guardian) --Guardian

"Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso" (The Times) --The Times

Book Description:

Dramatic and challenging novel about freedom and prejudice by the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099520567
• ISBN 13: 9780099520566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240