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David (2013)

by Ray Robertson(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1926845862 (ISBN13: 9781926845869)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Biblioasis

review 1: Enjoyable novel about a Black Canadian living in 19th Century Ontario. He escaped slavery by being purchased as a boy by a Canadian abolitionist who started a community of freed slaves in Ontario. Although free, David, is essentially enslaved to the abolitionist, who pretty much runs the community. David seeks out on his own freedom by distancing himself from that community- intellectually & physically- and becoming a self-made man. Along the way, the author offers well written quotes about Life and adds- like so many Canadian novels- a wealth of supporting characters who contribute to the main character's development. Some interesting history, too. Worth a read!
review 2: One man's struggle with the spiritual slavery of guilt and resentment. I found most of t... morehe characters hard to warm up to, which in turn made it hard to care what happened to them. The other trouble I had with it was that the resolution of David's internal struggles, the whole climax of the book, felt rather empty and worldly. Language-wise it's a very skillful novel, but somehow, that wasn't enough. less

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