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Corregidora by Gayl Jones
CORREGIDORA by GAYL JONES
Where has this book been hiding all my life?! This was written in 1975 but I’d never heard of it or the writer until a few months ago. And now I hear that she has a new book coming out this year! Very excited.
You can probably see the quote from Toni Morrison on the front and there is one from James Baldwin on the inside. I think that tells us enough about what we are dealing with her. Genius. Pure literary genius. I’d go as far as to compare this to The Street by Ann Petry and The Color Purple by Alice Walker and some of the earlier Morrison books.
I simply cannot believe this book isn’t in the mainstream. Please help to rectify that by going out and buying everything you can by Gayl Jones because she deserves and you deserve this level of beauty in your life.
The story is about a woman and a terrible fight she has with her husband, after which she is unable to ever get pregnant. She is also obsessed with the story of her past and her relatives who were slaves for a Brazilian plantation owner named CORREGIDORA. It is the ‘responsibility’ of all the women to have children and teach them about the horrific past of the women in their family.
The story offers such a unique perspective on slavery — it’s still unbelievably brutal, but there is a level of obsession and hatred that I’ve never seen presented in quite this way.
I’m calling in all my favours here — not that you owe me anything — but please, please read this book.
As soon as I can I’ll be buying the rest of her published works.
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Where has this book been hiding all my life?! This was written in 1975 but I’d never heard of it or the writer until a few months ago. And now I hear that she has a new book coming out this year! Very excited.
You can probably see the quote from Toni Morrison on the front and there is one from James Baldwin on the inside. I think that tells us enough about what we are dealing with her. Genius. Pure literary genius. I’d go as far as to compare this to The Street by Ann Petry and The Color Purple by Alice Walker and some of the earlier Morrison books.
I simply cannot believe this book isn’t in the mainstream. Please help to rectify that by going out and buying everything you can by Gayl Jones because she deserves and you deserve this level of beauty in your life.
The story is about a woman and a terrible fight she has with her husband, after which she is unable to ever get pregnant. She is also obsessed with the story of her past and her relatives who were slaves for a Brazilian plantation owner named CORREGIDORA. It is the ‘responsibility’ of all the women to have children and teach them about the horrific past of the women in their family.
The story offers such a unique perspective on slavery — it’s still unbelievably brutal, but there is a level of obsession and hatred that I’ve never seen presented in quite this way.
I’m calling in all my favours here — not that you owe me anything — but please, please read this book.
As soon as I can I’ll be buying the rest of her published works.
#book #corregidora #gayljones #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer