{"product_id":"higher-ground-paperback-1","title":"Higher Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing novel about slavery and its legacy that tells multiple stories, set generations and continents apart but unified by their ambitious exploration of themes of race, power, captivity, and abuse--from \"a master ventriloquist [who] giv[es] immediacy and voice to an impressive range of vivid characters about whom the reader cares deeply\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a slave garrison in Africa, a native collaborator betrays his people and humiliates himself in order to win the favor of white men. From an American prison cell in the 1960s, a black convict tries to impart his vision of race and justice to his indifferent family. And in a dreary city in postwar England, a displaced Jewish refugee watches her youth and sanity slip down the drain of history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombined and in the skilled hands of Phillips, these narratives take on a devastating power.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCARYL PHILLIPS was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, and brought up in England. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2006 PEN\/Beyond Margins Award, and an earlier novel, \u003ci\u003eA Distant Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and currently lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.03 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175792251015,"sku":"9780679763765","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cb913fb7aea91e5b6cfed4bf4ed5be6f.webp?v=1733384253","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/higher-ground-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}