CROSSING THE RIVER by Caryl Phillips ( 9780099498261 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

CROSSING THE RIVER

By:

Caryl Phillips

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

009949826X

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9780099498261

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 September, 2006

Pages:

256

Description:

Tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs and continents: one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s, one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West later that century, and one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in the Second World War.

Synopsis:

Caryl Phillips' ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs and continents: one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s, one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West later that century, and one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in the Second World War. Crossing the River won the James Tait Black Memorial Award in 1994, and was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize.

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Vintage

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