Middle Passage (Signed First Edition)

JOHNSON, Charles

ISBN 10: 0689119682 ISBN 13: 9780689119682

Published by Atheneum, New York, 1990

Language: English

Condition: Used Hardcover

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Later printing. Hardcover. 209 pages. National Book Award winning novel about the slave trade. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some minor wear and in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear and a soft crease to the spine. Signed by Johnson on the title page and with a warm inscription.

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Title

Middle Passage (Signed First Edition)

Publisher

Atheneum, New York

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0689119682

ISBN 13

9780689119682

Binding

Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition

Weight

2 pounds

Signed

Signed

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African-American Literature

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Synopsis

In 1830, seeking to escape an unwanted marriage, Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave, becomes a stowaway aboard "The Republic," unaware that the ship is a slave clipper bound for West Africa

Review

"Essence"

A vivid and compelling work.

"The Washington Post

Middle Passage" is both unexpectedly funny and highly intellectual.

"Newsday

Middle Passage" resonates...a spirited adventure tale daringly spun off the realm of myth.

"USA Today"

A fascinating allegory of the way black and whites came together in this country...Johnson's remarkable novel challenges us.

"The New York Times Book Review"

Heroic...engrossing...in the tradition of "Billy Budd" and "Moby Dick,.".fiction that hooks into the mind.

"Chicago Tribune"

Long after we'd stopped believing in the great American novel, along comes a spellbinding adventure story that may be just that.

"Publishers Weekly"

A savage parable of the black experience in America...blending confessional, ship's log, and adventure...in luxuriant, intoxicating prose.

"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

Highly readable...by turns mimicking historical romance, slave narrative, picaresque tale, parable, and sea yarn, indebted to Swift, Coleridge, Melville, and Conrad.

"San Francisco Chronicle"

A rousing adventure yarn that resonates with and echoes the spirit of early sea stories...Johnson has fashioned a tale of travel and tragedy, yearning and history, and done so from a different, rarely explored viewpoint...."Middle Passage" is a story of slavery, often brilliant in its structure and riveting in the way it's told.

"The New York Times Book Review"

Heroic...engrossing...in the tradition of "Billy Budd" and "Moby Dick"...fiction that hooks into the mind.

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