Feeding The Ghosts

D'Aguiar,Fred (Signed Copy)

ISBN 10: 0701166681 / ISBN 13: 9780701166687

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1997

About this Item

This is a Fine Copy of this hardcover book in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has been SIGNED by the Author without a dedication to any person on the Title Page (Flat Signed) The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely clean bright unfaded copy.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a cover sleeve.Stunning copy for the collector,8vo 229pp First Edition 1st Impression 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feeding The Ghosts
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701166681
• ISBN 13: 9780701166687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Inspired by a true story, this suspenseful and deeply moving book chronicles an incident of courage and rebellion that took place aboard a disease-riddled slave ship returning from Africa. The vessel is named Zong, and when illness threatens to infect all on board, the ship's captain orders his crew to seize the sick men, women, and children and thow them into the sea. But one female slave, Mintah, survives drowning and secretly climbs back onto the ship. From her hiding place, she attempts to rouse the remaining captives to rebel against the killings, becoming a dangerous force on the ship. Powerful and poetic, Feeding the Ghosts is an unforgettable testimony to the struggle against oblivion and a reminder of history overlooked and truth distorted.

From the Author

The Zong was a real slave ship where slaves were tossed overboard due to disease in 1781. D'Aguiar says, "I came across an exhibit of a slave ship at The Maritime Museum in Liverpool.... A document at the gallery mentioned the Zong... one of the slaves who was thrown overboard managed to climb back on board. This contradicts the captain's claims that the slaves he threw away were too sick to survive the crossing." This incident, which provided inspiration for Feeding the Ghosts, also inspired a painting by J.M.W. Turner called "The Slave Ship."