corregidora
by gayl jones
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394493230
- ISBN 13
- 9780394493237
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About This Item
new york: random house, 1975. first edition, 1975.
a landmark work on intergenerational sexual trauma and the on-going legacy of chattel slavery. initially discovered by toni morrison, jones published corregidora when she was only twenty-six years old. the novel was widely celebrated by critics and leading intellectuals of the 1970s, including angela davis. in his review, james baldwin, called it"the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred and is occurring, in the souls of black men and women." edited by toni morrison. cover design by wendell minor.
new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-49323-0. 8.5 x 5.5". 185 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards, spine stamped in metallic teal and red. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slightest trace of edgewear and slightest folding to corners of front flap. unclipped ($6.95). near fine.
a landmark work on intergenerational sexual trauma and the on-going legacy of chattel slavery. initially discovered by toni morrison, jones published corregidora when she was only twenty-six years old. the novel was widely celebrated by critics and leading intellectuals of the 1970s, including angela davis. in his review, james baldwin, called it"the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred and is occurring, in the souls of black men and women." edited by toni morrison. cover design by wendell minor.
new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-49323-0. 8.5 x 5.5". 185 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards, spine stamped in metallic teal and red. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slightest trace of edgewear and slightest folding to corners of front flap. unclipped ($6.95). near fine.
Synopsis
Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University; she has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include Corregidora, Eva's Man, White Rat, Song for Anninho, and Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature .
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838
- Title
- corregidora
- Author
- gayl jones
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394493230
- ISBN 13
- 9780394493237
- Publisher
- random house
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1975
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