by Charles Johnson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432246630
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«La Trata (Middle Passage)» is the historical novel by Charles Johnson, published by Seix Barral in paperback (197 pages, in Spanish).
Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave in New Orleans, embarks to escape a marriage and ends up on a merchant ship engaged in the slave trade. As the captain's steward, he witnesses the brutality of the commerce and the tension between the crew and the captives. A fable about freedom, identity, and the African American heritage.
Winner of the National Book Award, it was originally published in 1990 under the title Middle Passage; the Spanish translation is by Rosa María Bassols Camarasa.
For readers of historical fiction and African American narrative seeking a maritime adventure with a backdrop of slavery and identity.
Captain Charles Johnson was the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, whose identity remains a mystery. No record exists of a captain by this name, and "Captain Charles Johnson" is generally considered a pen name for one of London's writer-publishers. Some scholars have suggested that the author was actually Daniel Defoe, but this is disputed.
