Mosquito
by Gayl Jones
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 0807083461
- ISBN 13
- 9780807083468
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Beacon Press, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, illustrated wraps, 616 pages. Clean, bright copy. Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, also known as Mosquito, is an African-American truck driver. Set in a south Texas border town, Mosquito is the story of her accidental and yet growing involvement in "the new underground railroad," a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants. Mosquito's journey begins when she discovers Maria, a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of the truck; Maria will eventually name her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective - one of the most original and appealing characters in all of Jones's fiction. We also meet Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood, where Mosquito pays her a memorable visit. As her understanding of the immigrants' need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito's romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Record # 371858
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 critically acclaimed books include Corregidora, Eva's Man, White Rat, Song for Anninho, Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature , and The Healing , a National Book Award finalist.
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 371858
- Title
- Mosquito
- Author
- Gayl Jones
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0807083461
- ISBN 13
- 9780807083468
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Novels, Novels, , .
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