How To Escape From A Leper Colony
How To Escape From A Leper Colony
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How To Escape From A Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique
Lyrical, lush and haunting, the prose shimmers in this nuanced debut, set primarily in the US Virgin Islands. Part oral history, part postcolonial narrative, How to Escape from a Leper Colony is ultimately a lovely portrait of a wholly unique place. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edwidge Danticat and Maryse Cond before her, Yanique has crafted a heartbreaking, hilarious, magical and mesmerisingly unforgettable collection of stories.
Tiphanie Yanique is from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. The author of the story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony, she is a 2010 Rona Jaffe Writers' Award winner and was named by the National Book Awards as one of 2011's 5 Under 35. She teaches at the New School and lives in Brooklyn and Saint Thomas.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781555975500 |
| ISBN 10 | 155597550X |
| Title | How To Escape From A Leper Colony |
| Author | Tiphanie Yanique |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2010-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 188 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Fiction) 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |