A Woman Named Solitude by Andre Schwarz-Bart

A Woman Named Solitude by Andre Schwarz-Bart

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Summary

The author's own experience of Nazi oppression finds a clear, if distant, echo in this chronicle of a woman born into slavery aboard a ship bound for the Caribbean. Solitude became a black chattel of a corrupt society until she heard the ringing of rebellion on the island wind.

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A Woman Named Solitude by Andre Schwarz-Bart

Conceived aboard a slave ship bound for the Caribbean, Solitude was born into slavery and sold on the auction block, a black chattel of a corrupt society until she heard the ringing of rebellion on the island wind. Schwarz-Bart, author of The Last of the Just, and whose own terrible experiences in Nazi-occupied Europe here find a clear if distant echo, offers a sensitive and impassioned portrait of a woman and her race, fallen victim to the inhumanity of humankind.
'Each word is a drop of sweat, a bloody tear wrenched from himself..Not only a beautiful novel, it is the act of love of a man who chooses the camp of the victims' L'Express
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ISBN 13 9780099440758
ISBN 10 009944075X
Title A Woman Named Solitude
Author Andre Schwarz-Bart
Series Vintage Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2002-08-01
Number of pages 192
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