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Corregidora (Bluestreak)

by Gayl Jones

Corregidora (Bluestreak) Cover

ISBN13: 9780807063156
ISBN10: 0807063150
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.

"Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women." James Baldwin

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About the Author

Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught a Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her other books include THE HEALING (1998 National Book Award Finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and many others.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780807063156
Editor:
RH 1975
Editor:
McDowell, Deborah E.
Editor:
McDowell, Deborah E.
Author:
Jones, Gayl
Publisher:
Beacon Press (MA)
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Women -- United States -- Fiction.
Subject:
African-American women
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1987
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Bluestreak
Series Volume:
919
Publication Date:
February 1987
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
185
Dimensions:
800x536x57 43
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