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Middle Passage
Middle Passage
Author: Charles Johnson
A Scribner Classics edition of Charles Johnson?s masterpiece, winner of the National Book Award??a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick?heroic in proportion?fiction that hooks the mind? (The New York Times Book Review). — It is 1830. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is desperate to escape unscrupulous...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781501110528
ISBN-10: 1501110527
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 4
The writing is superb & this is flat out one of the best books I've ever read.
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I am an avid historical fiction reader and found this book fascinating. The author's descriptions of events are candidly brutal. This story was unfortunately a part of this country's history and every American should be aware of the horrid conditons Africans were forced to endure on slaveships.
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This book merges the shame of slavery with a thrilling classic sea saga. Teens and adults alike will enjoy this book.
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Books like this are why I love to read literary fiction. To say that Charles Johnson has a "command of the English language" is a bit of an understatement, really. The man is a master of metaphor and allusion and this book is wildly entertaining, challenging and clever. Highly recommended.
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1990 National Book Award winner, this novel of the passage of a New Orleans slave ship is just stunning.


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