| Título : |
THE LONG SONG |
| Tipo de documento: |
texto impreso |
| Autores: |
LEVY,ANDREA |
| Editorial: |
NEW YORK : FARRAR |
| Fecha de publicación: |
STRAUSS AND GIROUX,2010 |
| Número de páginas: |
307p |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Palabras clave: |
FICTION;SLAVERY;JAMAICA;HISTORY;19TH CENTURY |
| Resumen: |
TOLD IN THE IRRESISTIBLY WILLFULL AND INTIMATE VOICE OF MISS JULY,WITH SOME EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE FROM HER SON,THOMAS,THE LONG SONG IS AT ONCEDEFIANT,FUNNY AND SHOCKING.THE CHILD OF A FIELD SLAVE ON THE AMITY SUGAR PLANTATION IN JAMAICA,JULY LIVES WITH HER MOTHER UNTIL MRS.CAROLINE MORTIMER,A RECENTLY TRANSPLANTED ENGLISH WIDOW, DECIDES TO MOVE HER INTO THE GREAT HOUSE AND RENAMEHER "MARGUERITE".TOGETHER THEY LIVE THROUGH THE BLOODY BAPTIST WAR AND THROUGH THE VIOLENT AND CHAOTIC END OF SLAVERY. |
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THE LONG SONG
