The Atlantic Sound

In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.

Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From an West African businessman's interactions with white Methodists in nineteenth-century Liverpool to an eighteenth-century African minister's complicity in the selling of slaves to a fearless white judge's crusade for racial justice in 1940s Charleston, South Carolina, Phillips reveals the global the impact of being uprooted from one's home through resonant, powerful narratives.

Author: Caryl Phillips
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/09/2001
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780375701030

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/21/2001 pg. 36