Cover of Half-blood Blues

Half-blood Blues

  • 2011 first published
  • 320 pages
  • 12 editions

Esi Edugyan's Half-blood Blues (2011) is a historical fiction novel. The story is set in Paris, France and Berlin, Germany, in 1940–1944. Readers will find themes of ex-concentration camp inmates, racially mixed people, reunions and jazz musicians.

12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

It runs to roughly 320 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

  • 1940–1944
  • 1918–1945

Subjects

  • Ex-concentration camp inmates
  • Racially mixed people
  • Reunions
  • Jazz musicians
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Witnesses
  • Musicians
  • Redemption
  • Blacks
  • Crimes against
  • Crime
  • Psychological
  • Paris, France
  • Historical
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Psychological fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Half-blood Blues?

Half-blood Blues was written by Esi Edugyan and first published in 2011.

What genre is Half-blood Blues?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

How long is Half-blood Blues?

The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Half-blood Blues?

Readers who like it often enjoy Les Misérables, Neverhome and Work Like Any Other.

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