Annal:1994 Whitbread Book Award for First Novel
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Whitbread Book Award in the year 1994. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1994 Whitbread-1st Novel winner
- Score: 10.44
From William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner to Toni Morrison’s Beloved, modern American fiction engaged with slavery has provoked fiery controversy. So will The Longest Memory, the powerful, beautifully crafted, internationally acclaimed fictional debut of prizewinning Guyanese poet Fred D’Aguiar.
In language extraordinary for its tautness and resonance, The Longest Memory tells the story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave, who in 1810 attempts to flee a Virginia plantation—and of his father who inadvertently…
