Aminata ist 11Jahre alt, als sie ihr Dorf verlassen muss und das Leben einer -herumgeschubsten- Sklavin beginnt. Sie taumelt zwischen Hoffnung und Horror.

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Hill was born in Ontario, Canada of a black father and a white mother. He is the author of a memoir, Black Berry, Sweet Juice , a work of non-fiction, The Deserter's Tale , and two other novels. His third novel, The Book of Negroes (published in the US as Somebody Knows My Name ) was a no.1 bestseller in Canada, and won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book. Klappentext An epic novel about slavery, following one woman and spanning 3 continents and 6 decades. Abducted from her West African village and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo dreams only of freedom. Based on a true story, this is the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Zusammenfassung Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves.

Vorwort
Winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, an epic novel about slavery through the life of one brave woman, now a forthcoming 6-part TV miniseries starring Cuba J Gooding Jr,Louis Gossett and Aunjaune Ellis.

Autorentext

Lawrence Hill was born in Ontario, Canada of a black father and a white mother. He is the author of a memoir, Black Berry, Sweet Juice, a work of non-fiction, The Deserter's Tale, and two other novels. His third novel, The Book of Negroes (published in the US as Somebody Knows My Name) was a no.1 bestseller in Canada, and won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book.

Klappentext

An epic novel about slavery, following one woman and spanning 3 continents and 6 decades. Abducted from her West African village and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo dreams only of freedom. Based on a true story, this is the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Zusammenfassung
Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves.