Ekow Eshun’s new book, The Stranger, has been acquired for publication by British Publishing Powerhouse, Hamish Hamilton. The commissioning editor Hermione Thompson bought world rights (excluding North America) from David Godwin at David Godwin Associates. Hermione Thompson describes the book as a “thrilling piece of work in its formal and stylistic innovations.”
According to a report by The Bookseller, The Stranger is “structured around the stories of several remarkable Black men, from the 19th to 21st century and across the global diaspora [and] will set out a ‘radical’ exploration of Black male identity and experience. From Victorian actor Ira Aldridge to philosopher and revolutionary Frantz Fanon to infamous rapper Tupac Shakur, each chapter will find its subject “standing at a crossroads, his life and the society around him in flux”.
Eshun said he hopes the book will challenge the assumption of “Black masculinity as a fixed, objective condition.” Ekow Eshun was born in London to Ghanaian parents in 1968. He studied history at the London School of Economics. Ekow Eshun´s novel, Black Gold of the Sun which was published in 2005 was nominated for the 2006 Orwell Prize, and Africa State of Mind (2020).
Ekow Eshun’s new book will be published in hardback, e-book, and audio in 2024.
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