The Island Martinique
Author | : John Edgar Wideman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2011-06-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781426209055 |
ISBN-13 | : 1426209053 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Island Martinique written by John Edgar Wideman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling travel memoir, two-time PEN/Faulkner Award winner John Edgar Wideman explores Martinique's seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed history of colonial violence and racism. Attempting to decipher the strange, alluring mixture of African and European that is Creole, he and his French traveling companion develop a powerful attraction to one another which they find at once threatened and elevated by a third party - the island itself.