Abeng
by Michelle Cliff
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalteenfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearglossyemotive & stirringcoming of agesocial commentarycomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA stirring, grounded novel: weighty and fresh. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
Her novels evoke both the clearly delineated hierarchies of colonial Jamaica and the subtleties of present-day island life. Nowhere is her power felt more than in Clare Savage, her Jamaican heroine, who appeared, already grown, in No Telephone to Heaven. Abeng is a kind of prequel to that highly-acclaimed novel and is a small masterpiece in its own right.
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- Author
- Michelle Cliff
- Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 167
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- Open Library
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