Praisesong for the Widow
by Marshall, Paule
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1983. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 256 pp., First printing of the first edition. .
Synopsis
Praisesong for the Widow is a novel by Paule Marshall which takes place in the mid seventies, chronicling the life of Avey Johnson, a sixty-four year old African American widow on a physical and emotional journey in the Caribbean island of Carriacou. Throughout the novel, there are many flashbacks to Avey's earlier life experiences with her late husband, Jerome Johnson, as well as childhood events that reconnect her with her lost cultural roots.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS063455I
- Title
- Praisesong for the Widow
- Author
- Marshall, Paule
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- african american;
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