{"product_id":"bug-jargal","title":"Bug-Jargal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nVictor Hugo’s \u003cem\u003eBug-Jargal\u003c\/em\u003e (1826) is one of the most important works of nineteenth-century colonial fiction, and quite possibly the most sustained novelistic treatment of the Haitian Revolution by a major European author. This Broadview edition makes Hugo’s novel available in a completely new English translation, the first in over one hundred years. Set in 1791, during the first months of a slave revolt that would eventually lead to the creation of the black republic of Haiti in 1804, \u003cem\u003eBug-Jargal\u003c\/em\u003e is a stirring tale of interracial friendship and rivalry, a provocative account of the ties that bind a young Frenchman to one of the rebel leaders and the tragic misunderstandings that threaten to sever those ties completely.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a broad selection of appendices, including Hugo’s never-before-translated 1820 short story “Bug-Jargal,” contemporary reviews of the novel, documents pertaining to the young Hugo’s poetics and politics, and selections from his source materials about the Haitian Revolution.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233326535005,"sku":null,"price":32.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551114460.jpg?v=1792199847","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/bug-jargal","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}