OUT OF THE SUN, essays at the crossroads of race

236pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Serpent's Tail, Reprint, London, (2022) 2024

ISBN: 9781788169912

Five essays on the representation, race and identity.

"Edugyan’s exploration of identity isn’t confined to race. It takes in the human inclination to use stories to comfort ourselves, to romanticise or demonise, based on our fears and desires ... In its breadth, beauty and candour, this is a beguiling collection. And if, after reading it you leave with more questions than you started – which might be a complaint in a lesser book – then I suspect it has achieved its aim." Kuba Shand-Baptiste, The Guardian

“Addressing race and representation, memory and belonging, Edugyan … explores with empathy what it means to be seen, and who remains unseen, in our current identity-conscious, visibility-obsessed culture that seems to be limping toward a new aesthetic order and politics of power,” Antwaun Sargent, The New York Times

Esi Edugyan's novels include The Second Life of Samuel Tyne and Half-Blood Blues, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.