Cambridge is a devoutly christian slave in the west indies whose sense of justice is. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Buy cambridge by caryl phillips from amazons fiction books store. Emily is a synthetic creation, and only the slave cambridge has some credibility, but even he is. In cambridge, one of englands most highly acclaimed young novelists tells their stories with an uncanny a prim and increasingly apprehensive englishwoman observing the peculiaritiesand barely veiled brutalityof a sugar plantation in the nineteenthcentury west indies. Cambridge, caryl phillips s fifth novel, is a complex feat of historical imagining. Caryl phillips has proved himself to be among the best and most productive writers of his generation.
Phillips writing explores the challenges of dealing with such divisions as race and heritage, and investigates how they were created in the first place. A prim and increasingly apprehensive englishwoman observing the peculiari. Best known for his novels for which he has won multiple awards, phillips is often described as a black atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in, and searching exploration of, the experiences of peoples of the african diaspora in england, the caribbean and the united states. Cambridge is a devoutly christian slave in the west indies whose sense of justice is both profound and selfdestructive, while emily is a morallyblind, genteel englishwoman. Caryl phillips has done his research, the prose is authentic for the time, his work is based upon historical evidence there is a recent dissertation that describes his historical influences. Set firmly and with a sustained and vivid sensuous immediacy in.