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Humus (Paperback or Softback)
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 0813944694
- EAN
- 9780813944692
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- Humus
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Art, Fiction
- Topic
- African American / Contemporary Women, Literary, African
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 212 Pages
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While researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil. Captain Louis Mosnier recounted the loss of valuable "cargo" when fourteen African women escaped from the ship's hold to leap overboard rather than face enslavement. Half of them drowned or were eaten by sharks. From this tragic incident, Kanor has composed a powerful, polyphonic novel in which each woman tells her own vivid story. Their disparate lives from differing cultures, conditions, and perspectives intersect through their violent mistreatment, profound sense of disorientation, and collective act of resistance. These intertwined narratives reveal the brutalizing effects of slavery, not only on the victim but also on the oppressor: the master can no more escape its dehumanizing effects than can the slave.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813944694
ISBN-13
9780813944692
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038721974
Product Key Features
Book Title
Humus
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
African American / Contemporary Women, Literary, African
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Art, Fiction
Number of Pages
212 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq3949.3.K36h8613
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Reviews
[Kanor] plunges us in the holds of a slave ship in 1774.... Her short, suspended sentences allow immersion in the heart of these agonizing journeys that punctuated the sad episode of slavery., [Kanor] plunges us in the holds of a slaves hip in 1774.... Her short, suspended sentences allow immersion in hte heart of these agonizing journeys that punctuated the sad episode of slavery.
Table of Content
Translator's Acknowledgments 1. The Mute Woman 2. The Old Woman 3. The Slave 4. The Amazon 5. La Blanche 6. The Twin Sisters 7. The Employee 8. The Little One 9. The Queen 10. The-One-Who-Flies 11. The Mother 12. The Heiress Afterword, by Gladys M. Francis Bibliography
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
2019-057920
Dewey Decimal
843.92
Series
Caraf Bks.: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
Dewey Edition
23
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