![]() ![]() Many types of matter, from stones, water, and dirt to the bodies of animals and human beings are given voice through French and Creole to describe the memories and feelings they contain, the history they Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. The first chapter of Slave Old Man, a small but richly layered, obsessive, lyrical novel written after the sprawling, Goncourt-winning Texaco, is named Matter, and that word comes to encompass a great deal. Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Patrick Chamoiseaus Slave Old Man was published to accolades in hardcover in a brilliant translation by Linda Coverdale, winning the French-American Foundation Translation Prize and chosen as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018. Martinique-born Patrick Chamoiseau vividly presents the islands flora, fauna and both the French and the Creole cultures. The myth of Daphne and Apollo has an entrancing New World counterpart in Patrick Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. ![]() Translated by Linda Coverdale, please read on for my review of.45. Patrick Chamoiseau comes to the blog today in a story that mixes history, struggle, allegory and folktale, all set in Martinique. ![]() ![]() > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<< _Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau Ebook Epub PDF sxj ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |