The Girl with the Golden Shoes A Novella
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Erscheinungsdatum
01.03.2019
Verlag
Akashic BooksSeitenzahl
181 (Printausgabe)
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955 KB
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Englisch
EAN
9781617752308
By the author of
Waiting in Vain: "A sparkling gift, the tale of a meager, shoeless, raggedy abandoned Cinderella whose hardships make her all the wiser" (
The Washington Post).
Set in 1942 on the imagined island of San Carlos-a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica-this is the story of Estrella Thompson, a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl who's forced to fend for herself when she's banished from the isolated fishing village where she's lived all her life.
"The Caribbean tragi-comedy of class and colour finds a richly eloquent voice in this pin-sharp innocent abroad." -
The
Independent
"[Channer] writes with rare transparency, as though this story of a 14-year-old outcast welled up from the depths of the collective unconscious... a jewel of a book." -
Booklist
"A picaresque set on the fictional Caribbean island of San Carlos in 1942, Channer's rewarding and tense novella follows the journey of fishing village outcast Estrella Thompson, a precocious 14-year-old with a woman's body who seeks shoes, employment and acceptance." -
Publishers Weekly
"There's something timeless about Estrella's yearning for a better life... a fairy-tale novella of betrayal and hope." -
Kirkus Reviews
Waiting in Vain: "A sparkling gift, the tale of a meager, shoeless, raggedy abandoned Cinderella whose hardships make her all the wiser" (
The Washington Post).
Set in 1942 on the imagined island of San Carlos-a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica-this is the story of Estrella Thompson, a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl who's forced to fend for herself when she's banished from the isolated fishing village where she's lived all her life.
"The Caribbean tragi-comedy of class and colour finds a richly eloquent voice in this pin-sharp innocent abroad." -
The
Independent
"[Channer] writes with rare transparency, as though this story of a 14-year-old outcast welled up from the depths of the collective unconscious... a jewel of a book." -
Booklist
"A picaresque set on the fictional Caribbean island of San Carlos in 1942, Channer's rewarding and tense novella follows the journey of fishing village outcast Estrella Thompson, a precocious 14-year-old with a woman's body who seeks shoes, employment and acceptance." -
Publishers Weekly
"There's something timeless about Estrella's yearning for a better life... a fairy-tale novella of betrayal and hope." -
Kirkus Reviews
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