Sara Collins
Auteur van The Confessions of Frannie Langton
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Fotografie: Photograph by Justine Stoddart
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- Geboortedatum
- 1972
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Grand Cayman
London, England, UK - Opleiding
- London School of Economics
Cambridge University (MA) - Beroepen
- lawyer
co-editor, International Trust Disputes - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Michael Holroyd Prize (2015)
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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.… (meer)