Let The Lion Eat Straw - Brossura

Oseye, Ebele

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060724218 ISBN 13: 9780060724214

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2005

Riassunto

Having bonded with a nurturing foster mother after being abandoned, Abeba Williams is reclaimed by her abusive biological mother, from whom she hopes to escape by pursuing a music career. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A glorious rebirth! The republication of this milestone...is cause for great celebration indeed.” (Sapphire, author of Push)

“A masterpiece...brilliant, graceful, poetic!” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“It’s difficult to believe that a first novel can be...so rich of characterization....But this one is.” (Chattanooga Times)

“There is more life and character, more that will linger in the mind, than in countless novels twice as long!” (New York Post)

“Important....It has a rich, live, radiant validity, offering characters memorably exciting.” (Gwendolyn Brooks)

“I felt in the presence of a talent which touches the universal.” (Madeleine L'Engle)

“An amazing achievement!” (Kristin Hunter)

“Strong and beautiful....There is so much courage, honesty and life in this novel.” (Shirley Hazzard)

“Remarkable....A graceful hymn of love.” (Time)

“Imbued with African folklore...less a novel than a myth.” (The New Yorker)

L'autore:

Ellease Southerland, recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Poetry, is professor of African Literature at Pace University in New York. The author of the novel A Feast of Fools and the poetry collection The Magic Sun Spins, Ms. Southerland divides her time between Nigeria and New York City.

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• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060724218
• ISBN 13: 9780060724214
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 171