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Twelve Years a Slave written by Solomon Northup is translated to Sinhala. This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award - winning film 12 Years a Slave. In his home town of Saratoga New York Solomon Northup a free negro who was a skilled carpenter and violinist was approached by two circus promoters. They offered him a brief high - paying job as a musician with their traveling circus. Without informing his wife he traveled with the strangers. Soon after arriving in the capital he awoke to find himself drugged bound and in the cell of a slave pen. These are the true accounts of his twelve hard years as a slave - many believe this memoir is even more graphic and disturbing than the film. His extraordinary journey proves the resiliency of hope and the human spirit despite the most grueling and formidable of circumstances.