The Old Slave and the Mastiff

Patrick Chamoiseau

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Pidgins & Creoles, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical adventure, Historical fiction, Slavery & abolition of slavery

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Dialogue Books
- Paperback Apr 18, 2019 | 9780349700441 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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Dialogue Books
- Paperback Apr 18, 2019 | 9780349700441 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349700458 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 24, 2018 | 9780349700465 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 3, 2018 | 9780349700434 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Dialogue Books
- Paperback Apr 18, 2019 | 9780349700441 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349700458 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 24, 2018 | 9780349700465 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 3, 2018 | 9780349700434 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Dialogue Books
- Paperback Apr 18, 2019 | 9780349700441 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 8, 2018 | 9780349700458 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 24, 2018 | 9780349700465 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 3, 2018 | 9780349700434 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now

From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka," a gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the killer hound that pursues him

A profoundly unsettling story of a plantation slave's desperate escape into a rainforest beyond human control, with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels.

This flight to freedom takes them on a journey that will transform them all, as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest and its dense primeval wilderness reshapes reality and time itself.

In the darkness, the old man grapples with the spirits of all those who have gone before him; the knowledge that the past is always with us, and the injustice that can cry out from beyond the grave.

From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka," THE OLD SLAVE AND THE MASTIFF fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs - a wise, loving tribute to the Creole culture of Martinique, and a vividly told journey into the heart of Caribbean history and human endurance.

Patrick Chamoiseau

Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the crA olitA movement.

Chamoiseau was born on December 3, 1953 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, where he currently resides. After he studied law in Paris he returned to Martinique inspired by A douard Glissant to take a close interest in Creole culture. Chamoiseau is the author of a historical work on the Antilles under the reign of NapolA on Bonaparte and several non-fiction books which include A loge de la crA olitA (In Praise of Creoleness), co-authored with Jean BernabA and RaphaA l Confiant. Awarded the Prix Carbet (1990) for Antan d'enfance. His novel Texaco was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1992, and was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. It has been described as "a masterpiece, the work of a genius, a novel that deserves to be known as much as Fanon's The Wretched of the Earthand Cesaire's Return to My Native Land".