A Tall History of Sugar
Autor*in: Forbes, Curdella
Jahr: 2019
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 368 S.
Voraussichtlich verfügbar ab: 19.11.2024
- Inhalt:
- 'Brimming with magic, passion and history' New York Times'Captivating from the very first page' Jennifer EganShortlisted for the Fiction category in the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean LiteratureShortlisted for the Kitschies Red Tentacle AwardDiscovered amidst a tangle of sea grape trees, Moshe Fisher’s provenance is a thing of myth and mystery; his unusual appearance, with blueish, translucent skin and duo-toned hair, only serves to compound his mystique. Equally feared and ridiculed by peers as he grows up, he finds a surprising kindred soul in the striking and bold Arrienne Christie, but their complex relationship is fraught with obstacles that tear them apart as powerfully as they are drawn together.Beginning in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica’s independence from colonial rule, A Tall History of Sugar’s epic love story sweeps between a rural Jamaica, scarred by the legacies of colonialism, and an England increasingly riven by race riots and class division.
- Curdella Forbes is a Jamaican writer. She has published four previous works of fiction: Songs of Silence, A Permanent Freedom, Ghosts, and a children’s book, Flying with Icarus and Other Stories. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, and teaches at Howard University where she is a professor of Caribbean literature. She names among her literary influences the oral traditions of rural Jamaica, the fairy tales of her childhood and the work of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
Titelinformationen
Titel: A Tall History of Sugar
Autor*in: Forbes, Curdella
Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
ISBN: 9781786898715
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage