Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling (The CBC Massey Lectures)

Out of the Sun is a groundbreaking and reflective book by two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner and internationally bestselling author Esi Edugyan.

This dazzling first major work of non-fiction combines storytelling with analyses of contemporary events and the author's personal story, offering new perspectives on Black histories in art and challenging our certainties about identity, art, and belonging.

Through a lens of visual art, literature, film, and lived experience, Edugyan illuminates myriad varieties of Black experience in global culture and history.

This book is an insightful exploration and moving meditation that will complicate your certainties and expand your understanding of the world.