Childhood by Chamoiseau , Patrick / Carol Volk - 1999

USA: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 1999 Softcover book , First edition in the English language ... Very Good ... Nice clean gift giving condition ... 111 pages ... In this fascinating book ... using the playful inspired ... and partially invented ... language for which he is renowned ... author Patrick Chamoiseau recalls the brilliant ... magical universe of his early childhood in Martinique ... At the center of this universe is his extraordinarily vigorous mother ... and her creative ... pragmatic ways of coping with poverty ... and with her five children ... As Chamoiseau presents these first impressions of an exceptional child growing up in a rich Creole culture ... he also reflects in oblique ... but incisive ... ways on colonialism ... He probes the boundary between reality and imagination ... between the child's awakening understanding ... and the adult's memory of those earlier days ... " Childhood " ... Antan d ' enfance ... by Patrick Chamoiseau ... translated into English by Carol Volk ... published by the University of Nebraska Press ... in English only ... 1999 softcover book *** Securely packed for Safe delivery ~ Shipping safely Worldwide, since 1965 ***. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 x 8-1/2 x 1/2 ".