New York:: Dutton,, 1987,. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. First novel by this Jamaican- American writer to be published by a major press - Toni Morrison stated that in this book 'the beauty and authority of her writing is coupled in a rare way with profound insight....it is a deeply attractive work.'

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A brilliant Jamaican-American writer takes on the themes of colonialism, race, myth, and political awakening through the experiences of a light-skinned woman named Clare Savage. The story is one of discovery as Clare moves through a variety of settings – Jamaica, England, America – and encounters people who affect her search for place and self. The structure of No Telephone to Heaven combines naturalism and lyricism, and traverses space and time, dream and reality, myth and history, reflecting the fragmentation of the protagonist, who nonetheless seeks wholeness and connection. In this deply poetic novel there exist several levels: the world Clare encounters, and a world of which she only gradually becomes aware – a world of extreme poverty, the real Jamaica, not the Jamaica of the middle class, not the Jamaica of the tourist. And Jamaica – almost a character in the book – is described in terms of extraordinary beauty, coexisting with deep human tragedy. The violence that rises out of extreme oppression, the divided loyalties of a colonized person, sexual dividedness, and the dividedness of a person neither white nor black – all of these are truths that Clare must face. Overarching all the themes in this exceptionally fine novel is the need to become whole, and the decisions and the courage demanded to achieve that wholeness.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24026
Title: NO TELEPHONE TO HEAVEN.
Author: Cliff, Michelle
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Very good in very good dust jacket.
Jacket Condition: very good
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0525245081
ISBN 13: 9780525245087
Publisher: Dutton,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1987,
Keywords: jamaica, caribbean
Bookseller catalogs: African American Literature;

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