Вашингтон Блек

Esi Edudz͡hi͡an - kanadsʹka pysʹmennyt͡si͡a z miz͡hnarodnym vyznanni͡am, chyi͡a proza perekladena bahatʹma movamy ĭ vidznachena prestyz͡hnymy literaturnymy nahorodamy. Ïï roman "Vashynhton Blek", shcho uviĭshov do korotkoho spysku Bukerivsʹkoï premiï, vidkryvai͡e pered chytachem istorii͡u, i͡aka poi͡ednui͡e realistychnistʹ i doslidz͡henni͡a li͡udsʹkoï doli. Knyha perenosytʹ chytacha u 1830 rik, na plantat͡siï Barbadosu, de odynadt͡si͡atyrichnyĭ Dz͡hordz͡h Vashynhton Blek zishtovkhui͡etʹsi͡a z z͡horstokisti͡u rabstva. Ĭoho nespodivano vyryvai͡utʹ iz z͡hytti͡a, povnoho strakhu, i doruchai͡utʹ dopomahaty bratu vlasnyka plantat͡siï - vynakhidnyku ĭ doslidnyku Kristoferu. Same poruch iz nym khlopchyk vidkryvai͡e sviĭ talant do mali͡uvanni͡a, shcho stai͡e pochatkom dyvovyz͡hnoï mandrivky - vid povitri͡anykh eksperymentiv do nebezpechnoï vtechi ĭ podalʹshykh vyprobuvanʹ u riznykh kutochkakh svitu. T͡Se istorii͡a pro zrostanni͡a, poshuk svobody ta usvidomlenni͡a vlasnoï t͡sinnosti. Roman zanuri͡ui͡e u skladnyĭ svit XIX stolitti͡a, de prahnenni͡a do svobody stykai͡etʹsi͡a z nespravedlyvisti͡u ta uperedz͡henni͡amy. Avtorka pokazui͡e, shcho rabstvo znyshchuvalo ne lyshe tila, a ĭ potent͡sial, i͡akyĭ mih zmini͡uvaty svit. Vodnochas knyha hovorytʹ i pro inshe - pro vytryvalistʹ, sylu mystet͡stva ĭ nauky, a takoz͡h pro zdatnistʹ li͡udyny buduvaty nove z͡hytti͡a, navitʹ i͡akshcho pochatok t͡sʹoho shli͡akhu zdavavsi͡a pryrechenym.

ESI Edujian is an internationally recognized Canadian writer whose prose has been translated into many languages and won prestigious literary awards. Her Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Washington Black opens up a story that combines realism and exploration of human destiny. The book takes the reader back to 1830, on a plantation in Barbados, where eleven-year-old George Washington Black faces the brutality of slavery. He is suddenly pulled out of a life full of fear and assigned to help the plantation owner's brother, inventor and researcher Christopher. It is next to him that the boy discovers his talent for drawing, which becomes the beginning of an amazing journey – from aerial experiments to dangerous escape and further tests in different parts of the world. This is a story about growing up, finding freedom, and realizing your own value. The novel immerses you in the complex world of the XIX century, where the desire for freedom is faced with injustice and prejudice. The author shows that slavery destroyed not only bodies, but also the potential that could change the world. At the same time, the book speaks of something else – endurance, the power of art and science, as well as the ability of a person to build a new life, even if the beginning of this path seemed doomed.