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SACRED HUNGER.
de Unsworth, Barry
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very near fine in a like dustjacket./like
- ISBN 10
- 0385265301
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265300
- Librería
-
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Sobre este artículo
New York:: Doubleday,, (1992.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. Epic novel, co-winner of the Booker Award (with Ondaatje's English Patient.), a book which explores one of history's greatest tragedy - the inhumanity of the slave trade. Beginning in 1752 Liverpool, this is the story of a slaving ship, of mutineers and African captives who establish a secret community in Florida, of hope and greed and a desire to start over again. An incredible achievement. 629 pp.
Sinopsis
Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It was joint winner of the Booker Prize that year, sharing the position with Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. The story is set in the mid 18th century and centers around the Liverpool Merchant, a slave ship employed in the triangular trade, a central trade route in the Atlantic slave trade.
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El Jun 26 2012, Okfine dijo:
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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Detalles
- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 64273
- Título
- SACRED HUNGER.
- Autor
- Unsworth, Barry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover first edition -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- like
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0385265301
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265300
- Editorial
- Doubleday,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (1992.)
- Palabras clave
- booker prize, slave trade, florida, miami,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical Fiction;
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