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1) Corregidora
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
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Description
"Set primarily on the island of Ibiza, the story is narrated by the writer Amanda Wordlaw, whose closest friend, a gifted sculptor named Catherine Shuger, is repeatedly institutionalized for trying to kill a husband who never leaves her. The three form a quirky triangle on the white-washed island"--
3) Palmares
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil. Palmares recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on Portuguese plantations and escapes to a fugitive slave settlement called Palmares. Following its destruction, Almeyda embarks on a journey across colonial Brazil to find her husband, lost in battle."--
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