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Esi Edugyan: Washington Black (2018) 5 stars

George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is …

Review of 'Washington Black' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I got caught up in Wash’s saga, and about 3/4 of the way through I was like, “where is this going?” But then I started to look for more metaphorical meanings in the work. And wow! It came into focus. So then it reminded me of various other stories, such as Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis.