Between Two Worlds Tapa dura - 1981

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1981. November 1981. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060390026. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. 270 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Deborah Root Brague. keywords: Literature Caribbean Women Black Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Simone Schwarz-Bart's new novel is set in her native Guadaloupe. Although that little island is the center of her story, her universe is a much larger one: her real subject is slavery and what comes with it. Ti Jean, the hero of this mythic tale, is a young black man who will explore his past by returning to Africa to find where he came from. In the tiny hamlet of Fond-Zombi a monstrous beast has blocked out the sunlight, throwing the island into eternal darkness, The beast symbolizes the white man, and the eternal suffering of slavery, from which no black can escape. Like a young Ulysses, Ti Jean sets out on a voyage of discovery: to find the beast which has determined his fate, to visit the dead, and to… Leer más

Harper & Row, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. .

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket A few spots to the outer edge of the textblock, but otherwise appears unread.. First US printing. The author's second novel set in her native Guadaloupe. "Although that little island is the center of her story, her universe is a much larger one: her real subject is slavery and what comes with it. Ti Jean, the hero of this mythic tale, is a young black man who will explore his past by returning to Africa to find where he came from. In the tiny hamlet of Fond-Zombi a monstrous beast has blocked out the sunlight, throwing the island into eternal darkness, The beast symbolizes the white man, and the eternal suffering of slavery, from which no black can escape. Like a young Ulysses, Ti Jean sets out on a voyage of discovery: to find the beast which has determined his fate, to visit the dead, and to explore the past world of suffering in order to conquer the present one." Translated from the… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harper & Row. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060390026 . Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .