The Lamplighter
'One of Scotland's most celebrated living writers.' SpectatorIn The Lamplighter award-winning writer and poet, Scottish Makar Jackie Kay takes us on a journey into the dark heart of Britain's legacy in the slave trade. First produced as a play, on the page it reads as a profound and tragic choral poem. We watch as four women and one man tell the story of their lives through slavery, from the fort, to the slave ship, through the middle passage, following life on the plantations, charting the growth of the British city and the industrial revolution.Constance has witnessed the sale of her own child; Mary has been beaten to an inch of her life; B…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5290-3985-6
- EAN: 9781529039856
- Produktnummer: 33502305
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.3 cm 154 g
- Gewicht: 154
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh. She is the third modern Makar, the Scottish poet laureate. A poet, novelist and writer of short stories, she has enjoyed great acclaim for her work for both adults and children. Her novel Trumpet won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is also the author of collections of stories with Picador, Why Don't You Stop Talking, Wish I Was Here, and Reality, Reality; a poetry collection, Fiere; and a memoir, Red Dust Road. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and lives in Manchester, where she is currently Chancellor of the University of Salford.
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