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Abeng Papeback -
by Michelle Cliff
- New
A lyrical coming-of-age story and a provocative retelling of thecolonial history of Jamaica
Originally published in 1984, this critically acclaimed novelis the story of Clare Savage, a light-skinned, twelve-year-old,middle-class girl growing up in Jamaica in the 1950s. Asshe tries to find her own identity and place in her culture,Clare carries the burden of her mixed heritage. There are theMaroons, who used the conch shell the abeng to passmessages as they fought against their English enslavers. Andthere is her white great-great-grandfather, Judge Savage, whoburned his hundred slaves on the eve of their emancipation. InClare's struggle to reconcile the conflicting legacies of her ownpersonal lineage, esteemed Caribbean author Michelle Cliffdramatically confronts the cultural and psychological violenceinflicted upon the island and its people by colonialism.
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Details
- Title Abeng
- Author Michelle Cliff
- Binding Papeback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition New
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books , New York, New York
- Date pp. 176
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6779717
- ISBN 9780452274839 / 0452274834
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Bildungsromane
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95014134
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC