Abeng
by Cliff, Michelle
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0525485694
- ISBN 13
- 9780525485698
- Seller
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Hoquiam, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Abeng (Ä běng) is a novel related to Maroons published in 1984 by Michelle Cliff. It is a quasi-autobiographical novel about a mixed-race Jamaican girl growing up in the 1950s. It explores the historical repression resulting from British imperialism in Jamaica. Facts regarding imperialism of the island are dispersed throughout the narrative, as well as facts about slavery in Jamaica and Jamaican folklore.
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- Bookseller
- Dan A.Domike (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000866
- Title
- Abeng
- Author
- Cliff, Michelle
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0525485694
- ISBN 13
- 9780525485698
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- FICTION
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