Announced at the Victoria Book Prize Gala in Victoria on October 12 Esi Edugyan was awarded the the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling (House of Anansi Press).
Juror Citation:
Esi Edugyan’s Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling is a complex and wide-ranging book that explores points in art, literature, history and contemporary events where peoples of African descent have been erased; their narratives re-told, distorted, ignored–or even fabricated. A six-part Massey Lecture series, each essay considers a distinct location, piece or art or historical narrative to weave personal reflection and cultural analysis that reveals “the ways we have constructed and continue to construct race”.
