PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.
by Marshall, Paule
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Seller
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About This Item
PUTNAM. NY 1983. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399127542 . SIGNED by Paule Marshall on the half-title page. Near fine in like dust jacket. (Hint of foxing at top edge. Light rubbing on bottom edge of boards. 1/2"- inch tear at head of front cover. ) .
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
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13405
- Title
- PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW.
- Author
- Marshall, Paule
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Publisher
- PUTNAM. NY 1983
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0399127542, Black Literature/paule Marshall/219
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...