{"product_id":"half-blood-blues-paperback","title":"Half-Blood Blues - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEsi Edugyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eOprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin, 1939\u003c\/b\u003e. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trumpet-player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by none other than Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a Paris caf . He is never heard from again. He was twenty years old, a German citizen. And he was black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin, 1952\u003c\/b\u003e. Falk is a jazz legend. Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, both African Americans from Baltimore, have appeared in a documentary about Falk. When they are invited to attend the film's premier, Sid's role in Falk's fate will be questioned and the two old musicians set off on a surprising and strange journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, Sid leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world as he describes the friendships, love affairs and treacheries that led to Falk's incarceration in Sachsenhausen. Esi Edugyan's \u003ci\u003eHalf-Blood Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about music and race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsi Edugyan\u003c\/b\u003e has a Masters in Writing from Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest New American Voices 2003\u003c\/i\u003e, ed. Joyce Carol Oates, and \u003ci\u003eRevival: An Anthology of Black Canadian Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Life of Samuel Tyne\u003c\/i\u003e, was published internationally. It was nominated for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, was a More Book Lust selection, and was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of 2004's Books to Remember. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdugyan has held fellowships in the US, Scotland, Iceland, Germany, Hungary, Finland, Spain and Belgium. She has taught creative writing at both Johns Hopkins University and the University of Victoria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scotiabank Giller Prize (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e ALA Notable Books (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720325042239,"sku":"9781250012708","price":28.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f4981dc877a86dc06a6c27043430ee00.webp?v=1765088772","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/half-blood-blues-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}