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275 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780452264465
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Plume
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free...
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275 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780452264465
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Plume
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free...