Sara Collins
Forfatter af The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Om forfatteren
Image credit: Photograph by Justine Stoddart
Værker af Sara Collins
Associated Works
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1972
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Bopæl
- Grand Cayman
London, England, UK - Uddannelse
- London School of Economics
Cambridge University (MA) - Erhverv
- lawyer
co-editor, International Trust Disputes - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Michael Holroyd Prize (2015)
Medlemmer
Anmeldelser
Lister
Hæderspriser
Måske også interessante?
Associated Authors
Statistikker
- Værker
- 3
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 720
- Popularitet
- #35,254
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 32
- ISBN
- 35
- Sprog
- 6
Frannie was born into slavery in Jamaica and served a man named Langton who considered himself a scientist dedicated to proving the inferiority of Black people. When Langton brings Frannie to England she ostensibly becomes a free person, but he "gifts" her to Benham, another dubious scientist, and essentially remains a captive. But Franny and Marguerite form a romantic connection which lends Franny both new privileges and greater risks.
Sara Collins performed thorough historical research to support the details of this story and it shows. It's a historical novel but one that reflects on the dark side of humanity, as well as love and justice (or the lack thereof). It's a novel designed to disturb and it does it well.… (mere)