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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0803214774
ISBN-13: 9780803214774
Mar 1997
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
146 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
A writer from Martinique recounts the story of his boyhood experiences in a school that attempted to erase his Creole heritage and substitute a "pure" French one. The author's struggle to maintain his identity is a recurring theme.
| Size | | Length: | 146 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] rich and complex read, in which tense, reference and time shift at a speed that rewards patience."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Jonathan Levi (03/02/1997)
"In 'School Days, a less complex [than his novel 'Texaco'] but equally original book, Chamoiseau attempts to unravel or at least augment...history by telling just one story, that of the timorous little boy who was himself when he first began to read and write. The boy's experiences are universal...but...Chamoiseau wrestles with a special difficulty. He discovers that his native tongue is viewed with contempt by those who instruct him....The boy ultimately learns to express himself in French, but he treasures Creole..."
Washington Post Book World - Linda Wolfe (05/25/1997)
"Chamoiseau's particular gift is to be both buoyant in spirit and trenchant in observation....What background can have given rise to such a bewitching writer? And where can [one]read more of him? 'School Days,' a light-footed memoir, provides a single vibrant answer to both questions as it retraces the author's early boyhood."
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