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The Girl with the Golden Shoes by Channer, Colin

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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9781933354262
Book Title
Girl with the Golden Shoes
Item Length
8.3in
Publisher
Akashic Books
Publication Year
2007
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Colin Channer
Genre
Travel, Fiction
Topic
Caribbean & West Indies, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Number of Pages
170 Pages

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"This is a jewel of a book. Channer's language is dancing and juicy, his vision penetrating, and his hero is magnificent." -- Booklist , Starred Review "Channer is a gifted storyteller." -- Washington Post The Girl with the Golden Shoes is a dazzling and picaresque novella of equal parts Gabriel García Márquez, Mark Twain, and Bob Marley. Set in 1942, on the imagined island of San Carlos, a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, it tells the story of Estrella Thompson, a 14-year-old who's forced to fend for herself when she's banished from the isolated fishing village where she's lived all her life. Her crime? Wanting to read and write. But Estrella is no victim. Neither is she an ordinary child. Prematurely ripe in body and mind, and contemptuous of the boundaries placed on her by gender, race, and social class, she takes the villagers' rejection as a chance to change her life. She wants to go to Europe, the place where everything interesting seems to happen, including the war, which she's heard about incessantly on rediffusion radio. But she has to get money for a ticket on a steamer, which means she has to get a job--which means she has to get a pair of shoes . . . and she's never worn a pair in her life. Estrella's journey goes awry when she takes the wrong bus and ends up in a hostile town. From the one-armed madman who steals her belongings, to the lonely black truck driver who forces her to listen to his lecture on politics and race, to the Spanish Creole seducer who rides into her life on horseback, to the white soldiers who attempt to break her spirit--the characters that come into Estrella's life are as changed by her as she is by them. The Girl with the Golden Shoes is a deftly-written story that swims against the tide of cynicism that has come to dominate the best American fiction. Its propulsive plot is driven by a heroine who's too naive to back down and too smart to swap hope for disillusion as a central belief.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Akashic Books
ISBN-10
1933354267
ISBN-13
9781933354262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57212738

Product Key Features

Book Title
Girl with the Golden Shoes
Author
Colin Channer
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Caribbean & West Indies, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Travel, Fiction
Number of Pages
170 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.H2735
Reviews
The Girl with the Golden Shoes is literary magic of the best kind. Each new character, each new sentence is deceptively simple, imbued with the same astonishing possibility as the best folk tale. A sharp and relevant look at class and race, this book is one of the best I've read this year., Colin Channer continues to charm and surprise us. The Girl with the Golden Shoes takes us on a very moving and mesmerizing journey., Colin Channer is a graceful, natural storyteller with a keen eye and sharp ear. He effortlessly evokes the sense of a place and a people in strong yet subtle strokes. And Estrella is a magnificent heroine, a woman for her time. This is a captivating tale.
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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