La Barbade, 1830. À onze ans, Washington Black n'a d'autre horizon que le champ de canne à sucre de la plantation où il travaille avec d'autres esclaves. Quand le destin frappe à sa porte, c'est sous les traits de Titch, un scientifique anglais, jeune frère de son maître qui le choisit comme servite...
Un disque de 3 minutes 33 secondes, c'est tout ce qu'il reste de ce temps-là. De ce Paris occupé où trois jazzmen planqués pour échapper aux nazis tentaient malgré tout d'enregistrer un morceau. Sid, Chip, et Hiero, deux Noirs de Baltimore et un métis allemand, unis le temps d'un enregistrement fro...
Family secrets and lies in small-town America, from Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted author Esi Edugyan. ...
Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought when C...
Samuel Tyne always believed he was destined for greatness. Emigrating to Canada from Ghana in the 1960'S was the first step on this path, but fifteen years later his grand plans have stalled. He now has a wife Maud, twin thirteen year old daughters Chloe and Yvette, and a mind-numbing job. But then ...
Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought when C...
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Winner of the Scotiabank Giller PrizeMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011 An Oprah Magazine Best Book of the YearShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for FictionBerlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trumpet-player...