Bibliograph

Texaco, Patrick Chamoiseau ; translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov

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Texaco, Patrick Chamoiseau ; translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Texaco

Oclc number

38581519

Responsibility statement

Patrick Chamoiseau ; translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov

Summary

In a narrative composed of short sequences, each recounting episodes or developments of moment, and interspersed with extracts from fictive notebooks and from statements by an urban planner, Marie-Sophie Laborieux, the saucy, aging daughter of a slave affranchised by his master, tells the story of the tormented foundation of her people's identity. The shantytown established by Marie-Sophie is menaced from without by hostile landowners and from within by the volatility of its own provisional state. Hers is a brilliant polyphonic rendering of individual stories informed by rhythmic orality and subversive humor that shape a collective experience--From product description

Table Of Contents

Milestones in our attempts to capture the city -- The annunciation -- The sermon of Marie-Sophie Laborieux -- Around Saint-Pierre -- The age of straw (1823 -1920) -- Around Fort-de-France -- The age of crate wood (1903-1945) -- The age of asbestos (1946-1960) -- The age of concrete (1961-1980) -- Resurrection

Target audience

adult

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