302 pages • first pub 1999 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication date: 14 August 1999
Description
From acclaimed and award-winning poet and novelist Dionne Brand comes a saga of magnificent scope, spanning six generations of Africans in the Americas and beyond. Starting with a mass suicide of slaves on Trinidad in 1824, the epic follows a fami...
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Graphic
SlaveryModerate
Suicide
302 pages • first pub 1999 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication date: 14 August 1999
Description
From acclaimed and award-winning poet and novelist Dionne Brand comes a saga of magnificent scope, spanning six generations of Africans in the Americas and beyond. Starting with a mass suicide of slaves on Trinidad in 1824, the epic follows a fami...
Community Reviews Summary of 44 reviews
Moods
dark 100%
emotional 100%
informative 100%
reflective 100%
tense 100%
Pace
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 100%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
SlaveryModerate
Suicide