Welcome to a world turned upside down. One minute, Doris, from England, is playing hide-and-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage. The next, someone puts a bag over her head and she ends up in the hold of a slave-ship sailing to the New World . . .
In this fantastically imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade - in which 'whytes' are enslaved by black people - Bernardine Evaristo has created a thought-provoking satire that is as accessible and readable as it is intelligent and insightful. Blonde Roots brings the shackles and cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close and raises timely questions about the society of today.
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009
WINNER OF THE ORANGE YOUTH PANEL AWARD 2009
FINALIST FOR THE HURSTON WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD 2010
| ISBN: | 9780141031521 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2009 |
| Author: | Bernardine Evaristo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Primary Genre | Sharing Diverse Voices |
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Welcome to a world turned upside down. One minute, Doris, from England, is playing hide-and-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage.
Blonde Roots features in the following genres: Action Adventure, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Sharing Diverse Voices, Alternative history fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues
Paperback, Ebook. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Blonde Roots was written by Bernardine Evaristo and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Blonde Roots has 260 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
