Author:Caryl Phillips
In Higher Ground, Caryl Phillips presents three characters separated by time and distance but united by the profound sympathy he has for their humanity.
In the first story, a young West African is oppressed by the shadow of slavery; in the second an African-American fights to survive solitary confinement without sacrificing his integrity; in the third a Polish refugee struggles to ward off the increasing isolation of a life in exile.
The second story in particular is probably the best thing Phillips has ever done
—— Financial TimesRemarkable... every page of Phillips writing is convincing, a frightful part of our collective consciousness
—— Washington PostHigher Ground is about the destruction of lives, about damage done in one generation being passed on to another. Phillips' book has an urgency and intensity which demands that you read more... to take account of what the voices he has imagined have to say
—— London Review of BooksCaryl Phillips has proved himself among the best and most productive writers of his generation
—— The TimesThe understated relation between the three parts is haunting and the whole is a work of total conviction
—— Sunday Times'One of the country's most widely read novelists
—— Sunday TimesJean Plaidy has already established herself among the foremost of current historical novelists
—— Birmingham MailJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— Guardian'A grand recounting of the second Punic War...Durham's epic is truly a big, magnificent, sprawling story complete with a sizable cast of compelling characters, intricately drawn battle scenes and fluid, graceful prose'
—— Booklist (starred review)
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