“A glorious rebirth! The republication of this milestone...is cause for great celebration indeed.” (Sapphire, author of Push)
“A masterpiece...brilliant, graceful, poetic!” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
“It’s difficult to believe that a first novel can be...so rich of characterization....But this one is.” (Chattanooga Times)
“There is more life and character, more that will linger in the mind, than in countless novels twice as long!” (New York Post)
“Important....It has a rich, live, radiant validity, offering characters memorably exciting.” (Gwendolyn Brooks)
“I felt in the presence of a talent which touches the universal.” (Madeleine L'Engle)
“An amazing achievement!” (Kristin Hunter)
“Strong and beautiful....There is so much courage, honesty and life in this novel.” (Shirley Hazzard)
“Remarkable....A graceful hymn of love.” (Time)
“Imbued with African folklore...less a novel than a myth.” (The New Yorker)
“A remarkable first novel....that transcends race and class.” (Los Angeles Times)
“A beautiful book...of startling originality, simplicity, insight, and grace.” (Richard Elman)
“Accomplished...[a] special beauty.” (Library Journal)
“Full of life.” (School Library Journal)
“This lyrical, haunting novel remains a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit and the gift of love.” (The Seattle Skanner)
“Revealing the grace... in ordinary lives... [this] is a novel worthy of a place in the annals of literature.” (The Portland Skanner)
“As moving as it is wisely, lyrically told.” (O magazine)
“... this poetic and memorable novel remains a testament to the power of resurrection and the powerful gift of love.” (Ebony)
“Touching and lovingly crafted, Let the Lion Eat Straw has been away from us too long.” (Washington Post Book World)
To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication, Amistad is honored to reissue in hardcover Let the Lion Eat Straw, a dazzling, hymnlike novel that tells the story of Abeba Williams, whose mother abandons the poverty and despair of the South -- and in the process her daughter -- for opportunities up North. In the absence of her mother, Abeba clings to Mamma Habblesham, a woman with enviable reserves of love and hope. Their affection for each other seems boundless -- until Abeba's mother returns to take her daughter to Brooklyn. As she grows up, her exceptional musical talent promises to be an avenue of escape. But a handsome young singer distracts her, and opportunities that once seemed so close begin to fall away. Now married with children, Abeba fights to maintain the dignity of her family.
Replete with lyricism that lingers long after the reader has finished the last page, Let the Lion Eat Straw is a revelation of the glory in apparently ordinary lives.
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Vendeur : Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Fine. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 181. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the title page, reading 'file copy.' Novel of a black woman's struggle for survival set in Brooklyn. Author's first novel. ISBN: 0460044915 Fine in fine dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur C59405
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Vendeur : Stephen White Books, Bradford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000108829
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