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Black Shack Alley

By Joseph Zobel

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Black Shack Alley

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The semi-autobiographical, Caribbean novel that explores shifting race relations in early twentieth-century colonial Martinique, with a foreword by Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau A Penguin Classic Following in the tradition of Richard Wright's Black Boy, Joseph Zobel's semi-autobiographical 1950 novel Black Shack Alley chronicles the coming-of-age of José, a young boy grappling with issues of power and identity in colonial Martinique. As José transitions from childhood to young adulthood and from rural plantations to urban Fort-de-France on a quest for upward mobility, he bears witness to and struggles against the various manifestations of white supremacy, both subtle and overt, that will alter the course of his life. His ally in this struggle is his grandmother, M'man Tine, who fights her own weariness to release at least one child from the plantation village, a dirt street lined with the shacks of sugarcane workers. Zobel's masterpiece, the basis for the award-winning film Sugar Cane Alley, is a powerful testament to twentieth-century life in Martinique, with a foreword by award-winning Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
258
Release Date:
2020-08-27
Publication Date:
2020-05-12
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143133950
ISBN13:
9780143133957
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
310 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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