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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
.....Read this book. Now.
Like Kushner's monologue at the end of Angels in America, Edugyan captures the transitory nature of life, self-possession, and identity. There is an ephemeral quality to Edugyan's writing that does not detract from the hard edge of the story's subject matter.
The story has really played with my view of power. In the throes of the narrative, Tanna (a gorgeously written character) charges Wash with the precept that our views of humanity can sometimes rest on the relationship between the people who save and the people who need saving; our ideas about the interior lives and motivations of individuals are too simplistic, binary almost, in the face of the insurmountable complexity that human life entails.
Aside from being eminently quotable, the book packs a punch that you might not feel until a few hours after reading.
Like Kushner's monologue at the end of Angels in America, Edugyan captures the transitory nature of life, self-possession, and identity. There is an ephemeral quality to Edugyan's writing that does not detract from the hard edge of the story's subject matter.
The story has really played with my view of power. In the throes of the narrative, Tanna (a gorgeously written character) charges Wash with the precept that our views of humanity can sometimes rest on the relationship between the people who save and the people who need saving; our ideas about the interior lives and motivations of individuals are too simplistic, binary almost, in the face of the insurmountable complexity that human life entails.
Aside from being eminently quotable, the book packs a punch that you might not feel until a few hours after reading.