Butterfly Burning : A Novel Paperback - 2000
by Vera, Yvonne
- Used
"Butterfly Burning" brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late 1940s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. Vera captures the ebullience and bitterness to township life, as well as the strength and courage of her unforgettable heroine.
Description
Details
- Title Butterfly Burning : A Novel
- Author Vera, Yvonne
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
- Date 2000-09-12
- Bookseller's Inventory # 13632236-6
- ISBN 9780374291860 / 0374291861
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.51 x 0.47 in (20.83 x 14.00 x 1.19 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: African
- Cultural Region: Southern Africa
- Ethnic Orientation: African
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Young women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00028834
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2000, Page 2117
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2000, Page 917
- Library Journal, 09/15/2000, Page 115
- Publishers Weekly, 08/28/2000, Page 58
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2000, Page 917
