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Calvin Park Branch | Fiction Edugy | On loan until: 03/May/24 |
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Title Statement | Half-blood blues / Esi Edugyan. |
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Author | Edugyan, Esi |
Publication | Toronto: Thomas Allen, c2011. |
Extent of Item | 311 p. |
ISBN | 0887627412 (pbk.) 9780887627415 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2216759 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311) |
Summary | A brilliant jazz musician, Hiero, is arrested by the Nazis and never heard from again. He is twenty years old. He is a German citizen. And he is black. Fifty years later, his friend and fellow musician, Sid, must relive that unforgettable time, revealing the friendships, love affairs and treacheries that sealed Hiero's fate. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | African American musicians--Fiction |
Jazz musicians--Fiction | |
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction--African Americans | |
Racism--Fiction | |
By Location | Paris (France)--Fiction |
Berlin (Germany)--Fiction |