{"product_id":"old-slave-and-the-mastiff-hb-z25","title":"Patrick Chamoiseau: OLD SLAVE AND THE MASTIFF Z25 [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e  EDITOR'S CHOICE AND BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOKS OF 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e 'MOST ANTICIPATED FICTION BOOKS OF 2018' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'(A) beautiful book, by a writer who's as original as any I've read all year' \u003c\/b\u003eSam Sacks , \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My favorite Caribbean writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eJunot Diaz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A cloudburst of a novel, swift and compressed- but every page pulses, blood-warm. . . . The prose is so electrifying . . . that, on more than one occasion, I found myself stopping to rub my eyes in disbelief' Parul Seghal, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting, beautiful, and necessary' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heir of Joyce and Kafka'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMilan Kundera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profoundly unsettling story of a plantation slave's desperate escape into a rainforest beyond human control, with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This flight to freedom takes them on a journey that will transform them all, as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest and its dense primeval wilderness reshapes reality and time itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In the darkness, the old man grapples with the spirits of all those who have gone before him; the knowledge that the past is always with us, and the injustice that can cry out from beyond the grave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the \"heir of Joyce and Kafka,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Old Slave and the Mastiff\u003c\/i\u003e fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs  - a wise, loving tribute to the Creole culture of Martinique, and a vividly told journey into the heart of Caribbean history and human endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chamoiseau, Patrick \u0026 Coverdale, Linda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42042403455161,"sku":"9780349700465","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/chamoiseau-patrick-patrick-chamoiseau-old-slave-and-the-mastiff-z25-2018-hardback-9780349700465-58801603510611.jpg?v=1726817168","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/old-slave-and-the-mastiff-hb-z25","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}