{"product_id":"washington-black-9780525563242","title":"Washington Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e●\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post ● Time ● Entertainment Weekly ● San Francisco Chronicle ● Financial Times ● Minneapolis Star Tribune ● NPR ● The Economist ● Bustle ● The Dallas Morning News ● Slate ● Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash's head, they must abandon everything and flee together. Over the course of their travels, what brings Wash and Christopher together will tear them apart, propelling Wash ever farther across the globe in search of his true self. Spanning the Caribbean to the frozen Far North, London to Morocco, \u003ci\u003eWashington Black\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of self-invention and betrayal, of love and redemption, and of a world destroyed and made whole again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Esi Edugyan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638337171612,"sku":"9780525563242","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_321823b6-c318-44a9-9d7c-b9bbfab0e1ff.jpg?v=1603847030","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/washington-black-9780525563242","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}