Lincoln. 1999. University Of Nebraska Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0803214952. Foreword by Edouard Glissant. Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. 226 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration: detail from F?te Patronale (Feast of the Patron Saint) by Franklyn Gile Latortue. n.d. Oil on canvas, 381/2 X 50 inches. Collection of Davenport Museum of Att. Gift of Dr. Walter F. Neiswanger, M.D. . keywords: Literature Caribbean Black Martinique Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Published in France in 1986, CHRONICLE OF THE SEVEN SORROWS is Patrick Chamoiseau's first novel. It traces the rise and fall of Pipi Soleil, ‘king of the wheelbarrow' at the vegetable market of Fort-de-France, in a tale as lively and magical as the marketplace itself. In a Martinique where creatures from folklore walk the land and cultural traditions cling tenuously to life, Chamoiseau's characters confront the crippling heritage of colonialism and the overwhelming advance of modernization with touching dignity, hilarious resourcefulness, and truly courageous joie de vivre. When the poor have nothing else, they have their language. CHRONICLE OF THE SEVEN SORROWS has superb language, of a pith and juiciness that bring splendor to the most humble incident in Chamoiseau's moving homage to the vanishing art of the Creole storyteller. inventory #27865 ISBN: 0803214952.

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 27865
Title: Chamoiseau, Patrick
Author: Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0803214952
ISBN 13: 9780803214958
Publisher: University Of Nebraska Press
Place of Publication: Lincoln
This edition first published: 1999-10

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