Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Caryl Phillips’ ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs and continents: one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s, one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West later that century, and one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in the Second World War. ‘Epic and frequently astonishing’ The Times ‘Its resonance continues to deepen’ New York Times
Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips is a renowned British writer known for his novel "Crossing the River," which explores themes of identity, displacement, and the African diaspora. His literary style blends historical fiction with lyrical prose, offering a nuanced perspective on race, culture, and colonialism. Phillips' work challenges conventional narratives and expands the canon of postcolonial literature.
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The Wasted Years; Crossing the River; The Prince of Africa; Writing Fiction; A Kind of Home: James Baldwin in Paris; Hotel Cristobel; A Long Way from Home; Dinner in the Village; Somewhe
