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Childhood

Childhood( )
Author: Chamoiseau, Patrick
Translator: Volk, Carol
ISBN:978-0-8032-6382-6
Publication Date:Feb 1999
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.00
Book Description:

Using the playful, orally inspired, and partially invented language for which he is renowned, Patrick Chamoiseau recalls the brilliant, magical universe of his early childhood in Martinique. At the center of this universe is his extraordinarily vigorous mother and her creative, pragmatic ways of coping with poverty and five children. As Chamoiseau presents these first impressions of an exceptional child growing up in a rich Creole culture, he also reflects in oblique but incisive...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / Hispanic & Latino
Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.28 x 8.45 x 0.38 Inches
Book Weight:0.361 Pounds



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