Unconfessed

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Unconfessed

A 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award finalist: "Impossible to put down, this work deserves a place beside such classics as Toni Morrison's Beloved and Edward P. Jones's The Known World."â€”Library Journal (starred review)

Slavery as it existed in Africa has seldom been portrayedâ€”and never with such texture, detail, and authentic emotion. Inspired by actual 19th-century court records, Unconfessed is a breathtaking literary tour de force.

They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg Bay, in the colony of South Africa. They called her murderer, and demanded that she explain her terrible violence. A woman fit for hanging...condemned to death on April 30, 1823, only to have her sentence commuted to a lengthy term on the notorious Robben Island.

Sila spends her days in the prison quarry, breaking stones for Cape Town's streets or cleaning the Warden's house. Her fierce, sometimes tender voice recalls the dramatic events of her lifeâ€”as well as its small, precious moments and pleasures. Unconfessed is an epic novel that connects the reader to the unimaginable through the force of poetry and a far-reaching imagination. Reading group guide included inside this edition.

Country	USA
Author	Yvette Christianse
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Other Press
EAN	9781590512814
Edition	Reprint Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1590512812
Label	Other Press
Manufacturer	Other Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	360
PublicationDate	2007-09-04
Publisher	Other Press
ReleaseDate	2007-09-17
Studio	Other Press

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