| Loneliness of Angels, the PB Contributor(s): Chancy, Myriam J. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845231228 ISBN-13: 9781845231224 Publisher: Peepal Tree Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 Annotation: Offering a richly nuanced portrayal of Haiti as a place of ethnic and cultural complexity, this novel explores the important role of spirituality in Caribbean life and culture. Told through multiple voices in a nonlinear fashion, the narrative unfolds through the perspectives of Catherine, a girl living in Iowa who travels home to Haiti upon hearing about the death of her aunt Ruth, who has been murdered in her home; Rose, Catherine's mother who commits suicide; and Romulus, her half brother who is lost to addiction and despair. Traversing the terrains of working-class French Canada, expatriate Paris, and the hills above Port au Prince and tracing lives that cross boundaries of time and place, this is a deeply absorbing portrayal of a fragmented family and country whose deepest connections lie in a shared sense of spirituality. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.90 lbs) 372 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This novel explores the role of spirituality in Caribbean life and culture. Told through multiple voices in a nonlinear fashion, the narrative unfolds through the perpectives of a Haitian-Syrian mercharnt, Ruth, who recounts her young adulthood and final days as she intuits her imminent death, Catherine, Rose and Romulus. |