{"product_id":"the-belle-creole-paperback","title":"The Belle Créole - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaryse Condé\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicole Simek\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDawn Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePossessing one of the most vital voices in international letters, Maryse Condé added to an already acclaimed career the New Academy Prize in Literature in 2018. The twelfth novel by this celebrated author revolves around an enigmatic crime and the young man at its center. Dieudonné Sabrina, a gardener, aged twenty-two and black, is accused of murdering his employer--and lover--Loraine, a wealthy white woman descended from plantation owners. His only refuge is a sailboat, \u003cem\u003eLa Belle Créole, \u003c\/em\u003e a relic of times gone by. Condé follows Dieudonné's desperate wanderings through the city of Port-Mahault the night of his acquittal, the narrative unfolding through a series of multivoiced flashbacks set against a forbidding backdrop of social disintegration and tumultuous labor strikes in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Guadeloupe. Twenty-four hours later, Dieudonné's fate becomes suggestively intertwined with that of the French island itself, though the future of both remains uncertain in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoes of Faulkner and Lawrence, and even Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eOthello, \u003c\/em\u003e resonate in this tale, yet the drama's uniquely modern dynamics set it apart from any model in its exploration of love and hate, politics and stereotype, and the attempt to find connections with others across barriers. Through her vividly and intimately drawn characters, Condé paints a rich portrait of a contemporary society grappling with the heritage of slavery, racism, and colonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaryse Condé is Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University and author of the internationally celebrated novels \u003ci\u003eSegu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem\u003c\/i\u003e (Virginia). In 2018 she won the prestigious New Academy Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNicole Simek is Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and Professor of French and Interdisciplinary Studies at Whitman College and author of \u003ci\u003eHunger and Irony in the French Caribbean: Literature, Theory, and Public Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710774972479,"sku":"9780813944227","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c19a2d5825175e9f9fea6f592a297116.webp?v=1765056135","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-belle-creole-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}