The Resource Half-Blood blues, Esi Edugyan
Half-Blood blues, Esi Edugyan
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Resource Information
The item Half-Blood blues, Esi Edugyan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the reader is shown a fascinating, little-known world as they learn the circumstances that led to Heironymous Falk's arrest and eventual incarceration in Sachsenhausen
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point large print ed.
- Extent
- 431 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781611734218
- Label
- Half-Blood blues
- Title
- Half-Blood blues
- Statement of responsibility
- Esi Edugyan
- Subject
-
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueCanadian fiction
- Ex-concentration camp inmates -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- trueGermany -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueJazz musicians
- Jazz musicians -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiracial men
- trueNazism -- Germany
- Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944 -- Fiction
- trueParis, France
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Reunions -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- trueBerlin, Germany
- trueBetrayal
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the reader is shown a fascinating, little-known world as they learn the circumstances that led to Heironymous Falk's arrest and eventual incarceration in Sachsenhausen
- Summary
- Sid, the only one to witness his bandmate's disappearance at the hands of the Gestapo, breaks his silence on the incident over fifty years later when the men are reunited at a documentary premiere
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2013
- BC Book Prizes, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, 2012
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award: Fiction, 2013.
- Library Journal Best Books 2012
- Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2011.
- Awards note
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- Man Booker Prize Finalist, 2011.
- Giller Prize Winner, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10016418
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Edugyan, Esi
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jazz musicians
- Racially mixed people
- Ex-concentration camp inmates
- Reunions
- Large type books
- Paris (France)
- Berlin (Germany)
- FICTION / Literary
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Half-Blood blues, Esi Edugyan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19593788
- Edition
- Center Point large print ed.
- Extent
- 431 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781611734218
- Lccn
- 2012003134
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- 22 cm
- Label
- Half-Blood blues, Esi Edugyan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19593788
- Edition
- Center Point large print ed.
- Extent
- 431 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781611734218
- Lccn
- 2012003134
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- 22 cm
Subject
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueCanadian fiction
- Ex-concentration camp inmates -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- trueGermany -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueJazz musicians
- Jazz musicians -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiracial men
- trueNazism -- Germany
- Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944 -- Fiction
- trueParis, France
- trueRace (Social sciences)
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Reunions -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- trueBerlin, Germany
- trueBetrayal
- trueBlack Canadian fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueHurston/Wright Legacy Awards: Fiction
- trueBC Book Prizes: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- trueScotiabank Giller Prize
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2012
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2013
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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