Curdella Forbes

A Tall History of Sugar

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Produktbeschreibung

A vivid epic following an unusual couple's mysterious love affair from childhood to adulthood, across rural Jamaica and England

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781786898579
• ISBN-10: 1786898578
• Artikelnr.: 58612065

Autorenporträt

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 García Márquez.

Rezensionen

A Tall History of Sugar is captivating from the very first page. Mythic in dimension yet movingly human in its details, alive with atmospheric richness, it heralds a fascinating new voice in English-language fiction JENNIFER EGAN