Buxton Spice - Couverture souple

Kempadoo, Oonya

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0452280990 ISBN 13 : 9780452280991

Editeur : Plume, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Kempadoo Oonya

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'A superb, and superbly written, novel of childhood and childhood's end . . . Kempadoo writes in a rich Creole, filling her story with kaleidoscopic images of Guyana's coastal plains . . . Her story is also one of sexual awakening, and she explores these new feelings with a curiosity and freedom that are refreshing . . . Kempadoo's novel, like the Buxton Spice mango tree, reveals its secrets, private and political, only sparingly until the bitter end.'--Patrick Markee, New York Times Book Review

'Oonya Kempadoo . . . has written a sexy, stirring, richly poetic semi-autobiographical first novel.'--Gabriella Stern, Wall Street Journal

'As juicy and ripe as the fruits drooping from the Buxton Spice mango tree . . . Kempadoo's Caribbean argot is precise and fluid, enriching this debut with bawdiness, violence, and raucous humor.'--Los Angeles Times

'There is a salt freshness to Kempadoo's writing, an immediacy which makes the reader catch breath for pleasure at the recognition of something exactly observed . . . She is a writer to watch and to enjoy, for her warmth, her fine intelligence and her striking use of language.'--Paula Burnett, The Independent (London)*

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Back in print: an extraordinary first novel by'a writer to watch and to enjoy.'*

Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood into adolescence, Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove: its eccentric families, its sweeping joys, and its sudden tragedies. The novel brings to life 1970s Guyana-a world at a cultural and political crossroads-and perfectly captures a child's keen observations, sense of wonder, and the growing complexity of consciousness that marks the passage from innocence to experience.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Plume
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0452280990
• ISBN 13: 9780452280991
• Reliure: Broché