Twelve Years a Slave: (Penguin Orange Collection)

About this book

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguins iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design first created in 1935 while french flaps high-quality paper and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today. Twelve Years a Slave Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. Brought to new attention by the Academy Awardwinning film adaptation it is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave.