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Michelle Cliff Abeng (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Abeng
- Publication Name
- Abeng
- Title
- Abeng
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0452274834
- EAN
- 9780452274839
- ISBN
- 9780452274839
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Year
- 1995
- Release Date
- 01/09/1995
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 5.2 Oz
- Type
- Lyrik
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, General, Literary, Coming of Age
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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A lyrical coming-of-age story and an essential retelling of the colonial history of Jamaica. Originally published in 1984, this critically acclaimed novel is the story of Clare Savage, a light-skinned, middle-class twelve-year-old growing up in Jamaica in the 1950s. As Clare tries to find her own identity and place in her culture, she carries the burden of her mixed heritage. There are the Maroons, who used the conch shell--the abeng--to pass messages as they fought against their English enslavers. And there is her white great-great-grandfather, Judge Savage, who committed a terrible act of violence on the eve of emancipation. In Clare's struggle to reconcile the conflicting legacies of her own personal lineage, esteemed Caribbean author Michelle Cliff dramatically confronts the cultural and psychological brutality inflicted upon the island and its people by colonialism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0452274834
ISBN-13
9780452274839
eBay Product ID (ePID)
33132
Product Key Features
Book Title
Abeng
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, General, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year
1995
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9265.9.C55a63 1995
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"Powerful and often lyric ... an important work." -- Library Journal "The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight." --Toni Morrison "Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica's present and past to life." -- New York Times Book Review "Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. ... Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality." -- Publisher's Weekly " Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. ... [Cliff's] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey ... a richly textured experience." -- Plexus, "Powerful and often lyric … an important work." — Library Journal "The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight." —Toni Morrison "Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica's present and past to life." — New York Times Book Review "Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. … Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality." — Publisher's Weekly " Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. … [Cliff's] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey … a richly textured experience." — Plexus, "The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight." --Toni Morrison "Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica's present and past to life." -- New York Times Book Review "Powerful and often lyric ... an important work." -- Library Journal "Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. ... Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality." -- Publisher's Weekly " Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. ... [Cliff's] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey ... a richly textured experience." -- Plexus, “The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight.â€� —Toni Morrison “Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica’s present and past to life.â€� — The New York Times Book Review “Powerful and often lyric&an important work.â€� — Library Journal, The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight.” —Toni Morrison Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica’s present and past to life.” —The New York Times Book Review Powerful and often lyric…an important work.” —Library Journal, "Powerful and often lyric ... an important work." -- Library Journal "The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight." --Toni Morrison "Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica's present and past to life." -- New York Times Book Review "Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. hellip; Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality." -- Publisher's Weekly " Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. ... [Cliff's] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey ... a richly textured experience." -- Plexus, "Powerful and often lyric … an important work." — Library Journal "The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight." —Toni Morrison "Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica''s present and past to life." — New York Times Book Review "Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. … Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality." — Publisher''s Weekly " Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. … [Cliff''s] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey … a richly textured experience." — Plexus
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Lccn
95-014134
Dewey Decimal
813
Dewey Edition
20
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abeng, great writting from the caribbean
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