{"product_id":"9780684855882","title":"Middle Passage (National Book Award Winner)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 25th anniversary edition of Charles Johnson’s National Book Award–winning masterpiece of historical fiction—“a novel in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e…heroic in proportion…fiction that hooks the mind” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)—with an introduction by Stanley Crouch.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. Desperate to escape the city’s unscrupulous bill collectors and the pawing hands of a schoolteacher hellbent on marrying him, he jumps aboard the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins a harrowing voyage through the Atlantic slave trade, a journey of metaphysical horror and human atrocity which challenges our notions of freedom, fate and how we live together. Peopled with vivid and unforgettable characters, nimble in its interplay of comedy and serious ideas, this dazzling modern classic is a perfect blend of the picaresque tale, historical romance, sea yarn, slave narrative and philosophical allegory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow with an introduction from renowned writer and critic Stanley Crouch, this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates a cornerstone of the American canon and the masterwork of one of its most important writers. \"Long after we’d stopped believe in the great American novel, along comes a spellbinding adventure story that may be just that\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523581243453,"sku":"9780684855882","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780684855882_p0.jpg?v=1794490167","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780684855882","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}