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Item Details
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THE DANCING OTHER
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By: |
Suzanne Dracius, Nancy Naomi Carlson (Trans), Catherine Maigret Kellog (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0857424793 |
ISBN 13: |
9780857424792 |
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Publisher: |
SEAGULL BOOKS LONDON LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 October, 2017 |
Series: |
The French List |
Pages: |
256 |
Synopsis: |
The Dancing Other takes readers to France and Martinique to reveal the struggles of people who belong both places, but never quite feel at home in either. Suzanne Dracius tells the story of Rehvana, a woman who feels she is too black to fit in when living in mainland France, yet at the same time not dark-skinned enough to feel truly accepted in the Caribbean. Her sense of dislocation manifests itself at first in a turn to a mythical idea of Mother Africa; later, she moves to Martinique with a new boyfriend and thinks she may have finally found her place but instead she is soon pregnant, isolated, and lonely. Soon her only reliable companion is her neighbor, Ma Cidalise, who regales her in Creole with supernatural tales of wizards. Rehvana, meanwhile, watches her dream of belonging fade, as she continues to refuse to accept her multicultural heritage. |
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UK |
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Seagull Books London Ltd |
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