PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW
by MARSHALL, Paule
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Putnam, 1983. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 256, a fine copy in little nicked and worn dj. Inscribed by the author to poet and editor of the magazine Voyages, William Claire: "For William Claire | Paule Marshall |Feb '83" The African-American novelist's third book.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54299
- Title
- PRAISESONG FOR THE WIDOW
- Author
- MARSHALL, Paule
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399127542
- ISBN 13
- 9780399127540
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- lit,signed
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