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Crossing the mangrove / Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Anchor Books, 1995Edition: First Anchor Books editionDescription: ix, 207 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780385476331
Uniform titles:
  • Traversée de la mangrove. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • Fic
Summary: In Guadeloupe, a man is found dead in the village of Riviere au Sel. He was Francis Sancher, a handsome individual, liked by some and reviled by others. The villagers come to pay their last respects and in speech or in internal monologue reveal their relationship to him. They include the postman who was his friend, the man who hated his guts and the woman who wishes she could burn on his pyre.
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Book Book N.S. Amoranto Branch Fiction Area Fiction Fic C745c 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 131915d
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In Guadeloupe, a man is found dead in the village of Riviere au Sel. He was Francis Sancher, a handsome individual, liked by some and reviled by others. The villagers come to pay their last respects and in speech or in internal monologue reveal their relationship to him. They include the postman who was his friend, the man who hated his guts and the woman who wishes she could burn on his pyre.

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