Book
A tall history of sugar
Record details
- ISBN: 1617757519
- ISBN: 9781617757518
- ISBN: 1617757519 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781617757518 : HRD
- ISBN: 1617757519
- ISBN: 9781617757518
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Physical Description:
366 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: Brooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "[This novel] tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era of what Forbes calls "the fall of empire," the era of Brexit and Donald Trump. The historical trajectory layers but never overwhelms the scintillating love story as the pair fight to establish their own view of loving, against the moral force of the colonial "plantation" and its legacies that continue to affect their lives and the lives of those around them."--Publisher description. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Prejudices Fiction Friendship Fiction Self-realization Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Jamaica Fiction |
| Genre: | Love stories. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Southbury Public Library | FORBES (Text) | 34019146358957 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | FIC FORBES (Text) | 34000076494418 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC FORBES (Text) | 34014141745746 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | FIC FORBES, CURDELLA (Text) | 37777123588766 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC FORBES,C (Text) | 34026143939812 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | FICTION FORBES (Text) | 32518147380276 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | FIC For (Text) | 33620143610208 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | FIC FORBES (Text) | 33630141258454 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| New Milford Public Library | F FORBE (Text) | 34021131533214 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | FIC FORBES, C (Text) | 36123132917517 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
