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PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.

PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.

PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.
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PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.

by Marshall, Paule

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Very good in a near fine dustjacket (top edge dusty, stamp on copyright page re "powys library service" but no other /near fine
ISBN 10
0860684539
ISBN 13
9780860684534
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London:: Virago Press,, 1983.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dustjacket (top edge dusty, stamp on copyright page re "powys library service" but no other markings.). First UK printing. INSCRIBED on the title page. A somewhat smaller format and a very different (and more colorful) dustjacket from the more often found US edition.

Synopsis

Praisesong for the Widow is a novel by Paule Marshall which takes place in the mid seventies, chronicling the life of Avey Johnson, a sixty-four year old African American widow on a physical and emotional journey in the Caribbean island of Carriacou. Throughout the novel, there are many flashbacks to Avey's earlier life experiences with her late husband, Jerome Johnson, as well as childhood events that reconnect her with her lost cultural roots.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.
Author
Marshall, Paule
Format/Binding
SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition
Used - Very good in a near fine dustjacket (top edge dusty, stamp on copyright page re "powys library service" but no other
Jacket Condition
near fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0860684539
ISBN 13
9780860684534
Publisher
Virago Press,
Place of Publication
London:
Date Published
1983.
Bookseller catalogs
African American Literature;

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