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PublisherWashington Square Press

ISBN-100743482611

ISBN-139780743482615

eBay Product ID (ePID)44472714

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Book TitleWho Slashed Celanire's Throat? : a Fantastical Tale

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Contemporary Women, Magical Realism, Literary

Publication Year2005

GenreFiction

AuthorMaryse Condé

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsColin Channer, author of Passing Through Mystical, magical, riveting, true. All these words apply to Maryse Condé's thought-provoking novel, Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?, Kirkus Reviews On the surface, Celanire is an envoy of civilization who cultivates elaborate gardens and rails against female circumcision and oppression of women. Wrested back from sacrifice, she's the double-agent of the unpropitiated demon-gods....Lush and lurid, as are its sultry settings...seducing the reader with silken irony., Joan Dayan, author of Haiti, History, and the Gods With this "fantastical tale," Condé claims her place as the most daring of gothic writers. Enigmatic, obsessive, and fascinating, this novel is the story of a woman goaded to retribution by the scar encircling her neck....[The novel] redefines once and for all what has been called "witchcraft," conjuring it rather as a core belief, a project of thought working itself through terror., "A luminary of the highbrow literary set for some time now, Maryse Conde is finally bouncing across the radar of ordinary readers. What luck -- for Conde's opulent imagination, sublime prose, and magical narratives light up Africa's past." -- "The Washington Post" Book World, "Lush and lurid, as are its sultry settings...seducing the reader with silken irony." -- "Kirkus Reviews", "Lush and lurid, as are its sultry settings...seducing the reader with silken irony."--Kirkus Reviews, "Another great offering from one of our most gifted writers. Read and learn, but most of all, read...and enjoy." -- Edwidge Danticat, bestselling author of The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat, author of The Dew Breaker Another great offering from one of our most gifted writers. Read and learn, but most of all, read [ Who Slashed Celanire's Throat? ] and enjoy., Quincy Troupe, author of Transcircularities: New and Selected Poems and Miles: The Autobiography Maryse Condé is one of the most important novelists writing today. Her stories are both historical and present, in the moment, murmuring secrets flavored with a Caribbean language of swishing rhythms, sweet as nectar, and lyrical as the swooshing skirts of the Guadeloupean women who people her new novel., "Another great offering from one of our most gifted writers. Read and learn, but most of all, read... and enjoy." -- Edwidge Danticat, bestselling author of The Dew Breaker, "A luminary of the highbrow literary set for some time now, Maryse Conde is finally bouncing across the radar of ordinary readers. What luck -- for Conde's opulent imagination, sublime prose, and magical narratives light up Africa's past." -- The Washington Post Book World, "Lush and lurid, as are its sultry settings...seducing the reader with silken irony." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Another great offering from one of our most gifted writers. Read and learn, but most of all, read...and enjoy." -- Edwidge Danticat, bestselling author of "The Dew Breaker"

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SynopsisOn one hand, beautiful Celanire -- a woman mutilated at birth and left for dead -- appears today to be a saint; she is a tireless worker who has turned numerous neglected institutions into vibrant schools for motherless children. But she is also a woman apprehended by demons, as death and misfortune seem to follow in her wake. Traveling from Guadeloupe to West Africa to Peru, the mysterious, seductive, and disarming Celanire is driven to uncover the truth of her past at any cost and avenge the crimes committed against her.With her characteristic blend of magical realism and fantasy, and inspired by a true story, Maryse Conde hauntingly imagines Celanire in an unforgettable novel -- a most dazzling addition to the deeply prolific and widely celebrated author's brilliant body of work., From the winner of the New Academy Prize in Literature (the alternative to the Nobel Prize), critically-acclaimed author Maryse Condé blends magical realism and a true story to create an unforgettable masterpiece. On one hand, beautiful Celanire--a woman mutilated at birth and left for dead--appears today to be a saint; she is a tireless worker who has turned numerous neglected institutions into schools for motherless children. But she is also a woman apprehended by demons, as death and misfortune seem to follow in her wake. Traveling from Guadeloupe to West Africa to Peru, the mysterious, seductive, and disarming Celanire is driven to uncover the truth of her past at any cost and avenge the crimes committed against her. With her characteristic blend of magical realism and fantasy, and inspired by a true story, Maryse Condé hauntingly imagines Celanire in an unforgettable novel--a most dazzling addition to the deeply prolific and widely celebrated author's brilliant body of work., From the winner of the New Academy Prize in Literature (the alternative to the Nobel Prize), critically-acclaimed author Maryse Cond blends magical realism and a true story to create an unforgettable masterpiece. On one hand, beautiful Celanire--a woman mutilated at birth and left for dead--appears today to be a saint; she is a tireless worker who has turned numerous neglected institutions into schools for motherless children. But she is also a woman apprehended by demons, as death and misfortune seem to follow in her wake. Traveling from Guadeloupe to West Africa to Peru, the mysterious, seductive, and disarming Celanire is driven to uncover the truth of her past at any cost and avenge the crimes committed against her. With her characteristic blend of magical realism and fantasy, and inspired by a true story, Maryse Cond hauntingly imagines Celanire in an unforgettable novel--a most dazzling addition to the deeply prolific and widely celebrated author's brilliant body of work.