Description: Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale "Originally published in France as LEsclave vieil homme et le molosse by Gallimard, Paris, 1997"--Copyright page. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The "heart-stopping" (The Millions), "richly layered" (Brooklyn Rail), "haunting, beautiful" (BuzzFeed) story of an escaped captive and the killer hound that pursues him"Slave Old Man is a cloudburst of a novel, swift and compressed--but every page pulses, blood-warm. . . . The prose is so electrifyingly synesthetic that, on more than one occasion, I found myself stopping to rub my eyes in disbelief." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Patrick Chamoiseaus Slave Old Man was published to accolades in hardcover in a brilliant translation by Linda Coverdale, winning the French-American Foundation Translation Prize and chosen as a Publishers WeeklyBest Book of 2018. Now in paperback, Slave Old Man is a gripping, profoundly unsettling story of an elderly enslaved persons daring escape into the wild from a plantation in Martinique, with his enslaver and a fearsome hound on his heels. We follow them into a lush rain forest where nature is beyond all human control: sinister, yet entrancing and even exhilarating, because the old mans flight to freedom will transform them all in truly astonishing--even otherworldly--ways, as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest reshapes reality and time itself. Chamoiseaus exquisitely rendered new novel is an adventure for all time, one that fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs in vivid, sometimes hallucinatory prose. Offering a loving and mischievous tribute to the Creole culture of early nineteenth-century Martinique, this novel takes us on a unique and moving journey into the heart of Caribbean history. Author Biography Patrick Chamoiseau is the author of Texaco, which won the Prix Goncourt and was a New York Times Notable Book, as well as Creole Folktales, among other works. He lives in Martinique. Review Praise for Slave Old Man: Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionAn Editors Choice of The New York Times Book ReviewWinner of the 2019 Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translation Winner of the 2019 Best Translated Book Award for FictionWinner of the French-American Foundation Translation PrizeA Publishers Weeklys Best Book of 2018"Imagine Walt Whitman adapting "Apocalypto" and you might approximate the awe and adrenaline of Chamoiseaus action pastoral."--Julian Lucas, The New York Times Book Review"Chamoiseau writes in a wild medley of French and Creole, sliding from dialect to classical expression like a freeform jazz musician. Linda Coverdales translation, the first in English, is gloriously unshackled. . . . This [is a] beautiful book, by a writer whos as original as any Ive read all year."--Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal"The reader is invited to blaze a trail through this forest of symbols. The last chapter will shed light on the profound meaning of the fable. But the point is less to capture than to be captivated by the energy, the luxuriance, and the playful solemnity of writing that masterfully melds French, Creole, and yet other voices as well."--LExpress"Chamoiseaus texts are linguistic interventions . . . at once literary feats and statements of cultural political protest. . . . [Slave Old Man] is poignant, timely, and radical. . . . Linda Coverdale does an impeccable, sensitive job."--Asymptote"A linguistic masterpiece. . . . If you want to read something fresh and different, this Martiniquan literary novel with its mishmash of languages, voices, and styles wont disappoint."--OZY Media"Haunting, beautiful, and necessary."--Buzzfeed"A richly layered, obsessive, lyrical novel."--The Brooklyn Rail"A thunderclap of a novel. His rich language, brilliant in Linda Coverdales English, evokes the underground forces of resistance that carry the slave old man away. Its a novel for fugitives, and for the future."--Best Translated Book Award for Fiction, 2019 "Somewhere between a fever dream and a prose poem. . . . This novel is a transfixing, profound experience."--Best Books of the Summer by Publishers Weekly"One cant help but wonder why it took so long for this treasure to be translated into English. But it is here now, and the world Chamoiseau stitches together through the eyes of this aging runaway reveals the enduring cruelty of bondage and the endless creativity of its survivors and their descendants."--Booklist (starred review)"Martiniques great chronicler of the atrocity of Caribbean slavery. . . . [Slave Old Man] is electric and illuminating. . . . Chamoiseaus prose is astounding in its beauty. . . and he ups the stakes by making this novel a breathtaking thriller, as well."--Publisher Weekly (starred review) Review Quote Praise for The Old Slave : "The reader is invited to blaze a trail through this forest of symbols. The last chapter will shed light on the profound meaning of the fable. But the point is less to capture than to be captivated by the energy, the luxuriance, and the playful solemnity of writing that masterfully melds French, Creole, and yet other voices as well." -- LExpress Praise for Patrick Chamoiseau: "Chamoiseaus characters are not only names but beings. Their conduct is drawn from the complexities of sensation rather than of action. We inhabit them naturally, their rages that roar like a rainstorm through a ravine, their sense of insult as sensitive as those weeds that close like shutters." -- Derek Walcott "Heir of Joyce and Kafka." -- Milan Kundera "My favorite Caribbean writer." -- Junot Diaz Description for Sales People Media attention: Texaco received laudatory review attention from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Review of Books, Washington Post and was chosen as a New York Times Book of the Year. Prize-winning acclaimed author: Chamoiseau is the winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt and has been published all over the world Writers? writer: Patrick Chamoiseaus fans include Milan Kundera, Derek Walcott, Junot Diaz, Caryl Phillips and Edwidge Danticat. Events: The Brooklyn Public Library are interested in having him speak. He has participated in events at PEN and the New York Public Library. Details ISBN1620972956 Author Linda Coverdale Short Title SLAVE OLD MAN Pages 176 Language English ISBN-10 1620972956 ISBN-13 9781620972953 Format Hardcover DEWEY 843.914 Year 2018 Imprint The New Press Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2018-05-17 NZ Release Date 2018-05-17 Translator Linda Coverdale Publisher The New Press Audience General Publication Date 2018-06-14 UK Release Date 2018-06-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124967569;
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