Out of a Coloured Box - Couverture souple

Breinburg, P A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785074822 ISBN 13 : 9781785074820

Editeur : New Generation Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

LONG, long time gone, a Mestizo Woman with a pair of huge earrings marched in with: "I'M MAGDA! Magdalena Moen!" The Woman intended to become a student: She and the tutor of the class stood as if transfixed, looking at each other - and that's how began an intriguing' "Broken Shoes" tale OUT OF A COLOURED BOX.

The broken shoes whisper a tale of two women: one on either side of a concrete wall, razor-sharp barbed wire running along the top. The story involves broken shoes, masks and negativity on both sides of the "Them and Us" divide, which is a result of race, skin colour, history and social-economic class.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1960s London, class, race, and gender matter—a lot. Magda Moen, a Costa Rican immigrant, learns this hard truth after her husband abandons her and she has to move into rundown housing with other migrants. There she’s mocked for everything from her skin color to her language.

Magda isn’t a quitter, though, and she turns to education to get back on her feet. At a college for adult learners, she meets Rosanna Sullivan, a professor of literature who takes a special interest in her. But when Magda embarks on a friendship with Rosanna—who happens to be white—her troubles multiply.

To white Londoners, Magda and people like her are misfits. The community of migrants has its own set of unwritten rules and prejudices—and associating with a white woman is the biggest taboo of all.

Magda and Rosanna continually struggle with conventions that seem designed to keep them apart, but they are irresistibly drawn to each other. Eventually, however, reaching across the vast “them and us” divide grows too difficult.

When the two women’s paths cross again in 2012, old wounds are painfully reopened. But now that their love is no longer forbidden, can their relationship be mended?

Biographie de l'auteur

P. A. Breinburg is originally from Surinam, in South America, and grew up Catholic in a Creole community. Before immigrating to the United Kingdom, she lived in Guyana and traveled extensively to other countries in South America, including Brazil, Venezuela, and French Guiana.

Dr. Breinburg has a doctorate in education from the University of Keele. She completed a fellowship in the linguistics department and then accepted a position as a senior lecturer and head of the Caribbean Centre at Goldsmiths, University of London.

A street in Sheffield’s Pitsmoor district has been named after Dr. Breinburg in honor of her work with the Sheffield District African and Caribbean Society. A portion of her archives can be found at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Generation Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785074822
• ISBN 13: 9781785074820
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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