Corregidora
by Gayl Jones
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyglossyemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeAn emotional, morally murky novel: fresh and serious. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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About This Book
A terse, chilling novel about how the memory of slavery plagues black women and men long after emancipation. Blues singer Ursa is consumed by her hatred of Corregidora, the 19th-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.
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- Author
- Gayl Jones
- Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 185
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- Open Library
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