The Fifth Figure
Jean Breeze · 2007
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About the book
"The Fifth Figure is a book-length sequence mixing poetry and prose which chronicles the lives of five generations of Caribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestory." "Part novel, part poem, part family memoir, its structure is based on the Jamaican quadrille, a hybrid version of the dance brought from Europe by the island's former colonial masters. Beginning in the late 19th century with her great-great grandmother's first quadrille, Breeze tells a many-layered tale of love and betrayal, innocence and suffering, hardship and joy over a hundred years as each mother sees her daughter join a dance which shapes her life."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 80
- ISBN
- 9781852247324
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