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The Bridge of Beyond (New York Review Books Classics) by Schwarz-Bart, Simone
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ISBN:
9781590176801
EAN:
9781590176801
Book Title:
Bridge of Beyond
Item Length:
7.9in.
Publisher:
NY Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
Publication Year:
2013
Format:
Trade Paperback
Language:
English
Item Height:
0.7in.
Author:
Simone Schwarz-Bart
Genre:
Fiction
Topic:
Sagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General, Literary
Item Width:
5.2in.
Item Weight:
9.8 Oz
Number of Pages:
256 Pages
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A masterpiece of Caribbean literature, The Bridge of Beyond represents at once a gorgeously thick description of the flora and climate, crafts and customs of the island, and the triumph of a spirit so generous and hopeful that no earthly adversity could outlast it.
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Publisher
NY Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1590176804
ISBN-13
9781590176801
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160058112
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bridge of Beyond
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General, Literary
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in.
Item Height
0.7in.
Item Width
5.2in.
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq2679.C43p5313 2013
Reviews
"This is an infinite, celebratory novel, containing multitudes in the space of each rich sentence--a masterpiece of Caribbean literature that certainly deserves the badge of the classic." -- World Literature Today "Most striking about this book is how magical the story is, even at its darkest. The Bridge of Beyond is a lush and entrancing fable about history and family and love. It is, truly, a hallmark of Caribbean literature." -- The Nation "An immersive experience and a very fine translation by Barbara Bray from the original French." -- The Guardian (UK) "It is like a fable in the form of a ballad, which is to say it is poetical but not always clear. Its languorous sense of ease, dangerously close to delusion, gives scope to Simone Schwarz-Bart's considerable gift for describing the trees and flowers of her native island." --Paul Theroux, The New York Times "In a literary field saturated with messianic heroes, be they poetic or proletarian, The Bridge of Beyond plunges us into a fabulous story of women, the chronicle of a mythical line of matrons: the Lougandors. Yet something would be lacking if we saw it merely as, for example, a rewriting of [Jacques Roumain's] Masters of the Dew , where a family of women are playing their version of Manuel. In comparison with these pre-texts, Simone Schwarz-Bart innovates. She innovates by metamorphosing the Creole oral tradition." --Maryse Condé "Her stories seem to gleam with the polish of re-telling and are a distillation of passion and experience in which every trace of whimsicality and affectation have been squeezed out by the knowledge of real suffering. The virtues are, of course, not [the character] Toussine's but the author's, but so natural is this that it is easy to forget that it is a work of fiction; it is a very fine achievement." -- The Irish Times "The book's gift of life is so generous, and its imagery so scintillant in the sunlight of love, that we believe every word."--John Updike, The New Yorker "There's magic, madness, glory, tenderness, above all abundant hope." -- Financial Times "The language...is as luxuriant as the foliage of the Antilles." -- The Times (London), "It is like a fable in the form of a ballad, which is to say it is poetical but not always clear. Its languorous sense of ease, dangerously close to delusion, gives scope to Simone Schwarz-Bart's considerable gift for describing the trees and flowers of her native island." -Paul Theroux, The New York Times "In a literary field saturated with messianic heroes, be they poetic or proletarian, The Bridge of Beyond plunges us into a fabulous story of women, the chronicle of a mythical line of matrons: the Lougandors. Yet something would be lacking if we saw it merely as, for example, a rewriting of [Jacques Roumain's] Masters of the Dew , where a family of women are playing their version of Manuel. In comparison with these pre-texts, Simone Schwarz-Bart innovates. She innovates by metamorphosing the Creole oral tradition." -Maryse Condé "Her stories seem to gleam with the polish of re-telling and are a distillation of passion and experience in which every trace of whimsicality and affectation have been squeezed out by the knowledge of real suffering. The virtues are, of course, not [the character] Toussine's but the author's, but so natural is this that it is easy to forget that it is a work of fiction; it is a very fine achievement." - The Irish Times "The book's gift of life is so generous, and its imagery so scintillant...that we believe every word." -John Updike, The New Yorker "There's magic, madness, glory, tenderness, above all abundant hope." - Financial Times "The language...is as luxuriant as the foliage of the Antilles." - The Times (London), "This is an infinite, celebratory novel, containing multitudes in the space of each rich sentence--a masterpiece of Caribbean literature that certainly deserves the badge of the classic." -- World Literature Today "Most striking about this book is how magical the story is, even at its darkest. The Bridge of Beyond is a lush and entrancing fable about history and family and love. It is, truly, a hallmark of Caribbean literature." -- The Nation "An immersive experience and a very fine translation by Barbara Bray from the original French." -- The Guardian (UK) "It is like a fable in the form of a ballad, which is to say it is poetical but not always clear. Its languorous sense of ease, dangerously close to delusion, gives scope to Simone Schwarz-Bart's considerable gift for describing the trees and flowers of her native island." --Paul Theroux, The New York Times "In a literary field saturated with messianic heroes, be they poetic or proletarian, The Bridge of Beyond plunges us into a fabulous story of women, the chronicle of a mythical line of matrons: the Lougandors. Yet something would be lacking if we saw it merely as, for example, a rewriting of [Jacques Roumain's] Masters of the Dew , where a family of women are playing their version of Manuel. In comparison with these pre-texts, Simone Schwarz-Bart innovates. She innovates by metamorphosing the Creole oral tradition." --Maryse Cond "Her stories seem to gleam with the polish of re-telling and are a distillation of passion and experience in which every trace of whimsicality and affectation have been squeezed out by the knowledge of real suffering. The virtues are, of course, not [the character] Toussine's but the author's, but so natural is this that it is easy to forget that it is a work of fiction; it is a very fine achievement." -- The Irish Times "The book's gift of life is so generous, and its imagery so scintillant in the sunlight of love, that we believe every word."--John Updike, The New Yorker "There's magic, madness, glory, tenderness, above all abundant hope." -- Financial Times "The language...is as luxuriant as the foliage of the Antilles." -- The Times (London), "It is like a fable in the form of a ballad, which is to say it is poetical but not always clear. Its languorous sense of ease, dangerously close to delusion, gives scope to Simone Schwarz-Bart's considerable gift for describing the trees and flowers of her native island." -Paul Theroux, The New York Times "In a literary field saturated with messianic heroes, be they poetic or proletarian, The Bridge of Beyond plunges us into a fabulous story of women, the chronicle of a mythical line of matrons: the Lougandors. Yet something would be lacking if we saw it merely as, for example, a rewriting of [Jacques Roumain's] Masters of the Dew , where a family of women are playing their version of Manuel. In comparison with these pre-texts, Simone Schwarz-Bart innovates. She innovates by metamorphosing the Creole oral tradition." -Maryse Condé "Her stories seem to gleam with the polish of re-telling and are a distillation of passion and experience in which every trace of whimsicality and affectation have been squeezed out by the knowledge of real suffering. The virtues are, of course, not [the character] Toussine's but the author's, but so natural is this that it is easy to forget that it is a work of fiction; it is a very fine achievement." - The Irish Times "The book's gift of life is so generous, and its imagery so scintillant in the sunlight of love, that we believe every word."-John Updike, The New Yorker "There's magic, madness, glory, tenderness, above all abundant hope." - Financial Times "The language...is as luxuriant as the foliage of the Antilles." - The Times (London)
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2013-015580
Dewey Decimal
843/.914
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
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