Sacred Hunger
ISBN-13:
9780525434115
ISBN-10:
0525434119
Edition:
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Author:
Barry Unsworth
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Anchor
Format:
Paperback
640 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780525434115
ISBN-10:
0525434119
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Barry Unsworth
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Anchor
Format:
Paperback
640 pages
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Sacred Hunger (ISBN-13: 9780525434115 and ISBN-10: 0525434119), written by authors
Barry Unsworth, was published by Anchor in 2017.
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Winner of the Booker Prize
Liverpool, 1752. William Kemp has lost a fortune in cotton speculation, and must recoup his losses if his son is to marry the wealthy woman whom he loves. His last resort is a slave ship, one that will take him to the Guinea coast, where he will trade for human cargo, then embark on the infamous Middle Passage. When disease ravages the ship and the African prisoners mutiny, William’s profit-seeking venture falls apart. Slaves and sailors alike will join together to found a utopian community on the coast of Florida—not knowing that the vengeful, younger Kemp is in pursuit. Unsworth’s tour de force is a profound meditation on the sacred hunger—the greed—couched within human nature, animating the slave trade. It is a novel that transcends its setting, illuminating larger truths that resonate to this day.
Liverpool, 1752. William Kemp has lost a fortune in cotton speculation, and must recoup his losses if his son is to marry the wealthy woman whom he loves. His last resort is a slave ship, one that will take him to the Guinea coast, where he will trade for human cargo, then embark on the infamous Middle Passage. When disease ravages the ship and the African prisoners mutiny, William’s profit-seeking venture falls apart. Slaves and sailors alike will join together to found a utopian community on the coast of Florida—not knowing that the vengeful, younger Kemp is in pursuit. Unsworth’s tour de force is a profound meditation on the sacred hunger—the greed—couched within human nature, animating the slave trade. It is a novel that transcends its setting, illuminating larger truths that resonate to this day.
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