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Cereus Blooms at Night
Taschenbuch von Shani Mootoo
Sprache: Englisch

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Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history of her family. At the heart of this bold and seductive novel is an alleged crime committed many years before the story opens. Mala is the reclusive old woman suspected of murder who is delivered to the Paradise Alms House after a judge finds her unfit to stand trial. When she arrives at her new home, frail and mute, she is placed in the tender care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse, who becomes her unlikely confidante and the storyteller of Mala's extraordinary [...] luminous, sensual prose, internationally acclaimed writer Shani Mootoo combines diverse storytelling traditions to explore identity, gender, and violence in a celebration of our capacity to love.
Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history of her family. At the heart of this bold and seductive novel is an alleged crime committed many years before the story opens. Mala is the reclusive old woman suspected of murder who is delivered to the Paradise Alms House after a judge finds her unfit to stand trial. When she arrives at her new home, frail and mute, she is placed in the tender care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse, who becomes her unlikely confidante and the storyteller of Mala's extraordinary [...] luminous, sensual prose, internationally acclaimed writer Shani Mootoo combines diverse storytelling traditions to explore identity, gender, and violence in a celebration of our capacity to love.
Über den Autor
Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. A filmmaker and visual artist, she has written and directed several videos; her painings and photo-based works are exhibited internationally. Shani Mootoo is also a published poet and the author of Out on Main Street, a collection of stories. Cereus Blooms at Night is her first novel.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780380731992
ISBN-10: 0380731991
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mootoo, Shani
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Harper Perennial
Maße: 203 x 133 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Shani Mootoo
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.1999
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 106763776
Über den Autor
Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. A filmmaker and visual artist, she has written and directed several videos; her painings and photo-based works are exhibited internationally. Shani Mootoo is also a published poet and the author of Out on Main Street, a collection of stories. Cereus Blooms at Night is her first novel.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780380731992
ISBN-10: 0380731991
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mootoo, Shani
Hersteller: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Harper Perennial
Maße: 203 x 133 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Shani Mootoo
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.1999
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 106763776
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