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Texaco by Chamoiseau, Patrick
- Bookseller: Century Books
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 4976
- Format: Hardback
- Book condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket.
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0679432353
- ISBN 13: 9780679432357
- Publisher: Pantheon
- Date published: 1997
- Pages: 401
- Size: 6.75 x 9.75 x 1.25 inches
- Weight: 1.6 pounds
Description
Pantheon, 1997. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Remainder dot, else fine. Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. Internationally acclaimed novel and winner of the Prix Goncourt (France's most prestigious literary prize) by black Martinique writer. Traces more than 150 years of post-slavery Caribbean history. ISBN: 0679432353
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
remainder : Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder mark.
Book summary
Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this novel tells the story of 150 years of Caribbean history via the remembrances of Sophie Laborieux, an aging freedom-fighter and the daughter of a slave.
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