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Corregidora
Author: Gayl Jones

Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother. "Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women." —James Baldwin

ISBN-13: 9780807063156
ISBN-10: 0807063150
Publication Date: 2/15/1987
Pages: 185
Rating:

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

3.4 stars, based on 9 ratings

Publisher: Beacon Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 7
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Marta J. (booksnob) reviewed Corregidora on 9/11/2006 + 412 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I originally read this many years ago, and it remains one of my all-time favorites and one of the very few books that I can't part with. Something about it stays with me...

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Erina J. (Booksmart1) reviewed Corregidora on 9/11/2006 + 48 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Very deep. Not my usual kind of story but moving!

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Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Black & African American >> Jones, Gayl

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