Cambridge - Softcover

Phillips, Caryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571204074 ISBN 13: 9780571204076

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2000

Synopsis

In Cambridge Caryl Phillips explores the feelings of uncertainty that defined the period of time between the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves. It is the powerful and haunting story of Emily Cartwright, a young Englishwoman sent to visit her father's plantation in the West Indies, and of Cambridge, the plantation slave struggling to maintain his dignity in a transient world.

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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)

"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)

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

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0571204074
• ISBN 13: 9780571204076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192