Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time. So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their terror, and their murderous rage.
In prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem, Toni Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present.

Gurnah, Abdulrazak: - Abdulrazak Gurnah is Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent and the author of seven successful novels.
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780241135525
ISBN 10 0241135524
Titre Paradise
Auteur Abdulrazak Gurnah
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication 1994-09-29
Nombre de pages 256
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