Blond Roots by Bernadine Evaristo. Long listed for the Orange Prize (
click for details), this book is a satire on the slave trade where Africans enslave Europeans over a 400 year period. To read more about the author and find reviews of the book see the author
blog.
1 comment:
We had a very good discussion. While we all agreed it had some flaws, we were happy to have read it. It was a very interesting idea, but i am not sure it actually works as a satire. The use of present day vernacular was jarring; it did not add to the satire. One member thought the slave owners were presented as too one dimentional. I do believe that the author is one to watch.
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