How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories

An enthralling debut collection from a singular Caribbean voiceFor a leper, many things are impossible, and many...
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Author: Tiphanie Yanique
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Language: English
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How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories by Yanique, Tiphanie

How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories

$186.11

How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories

$186.11
Author: Tiphanie Yanique
Format: Paperback
Language: English

An enthralling debut collection from a singular Caribbean voice

For a leper, many things are impossible, and many other things are easily done. Babalao Chuck said he could fly to the other side of the island and peek at the nuns bathing. And when a man with no hands claims that he can fly, you listen.

The inhabitants of an island walk into the sea. A man passes a jail cell's window, shouldering a wooden cross. And in the international shop of coffins, a story repeats itself, pointing toward an inevitable tragedy. If the facts of these stories are sometimes fantastical, the situations they describe are complex and all too real.

Lyrical, lush, and haunting, the prose shimmers in this nuanced debut, set mostly in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Part oral history, part postcolonial narrative, How to Escape from a Leper Colony is ultimately a loving portrait of a wholly unique place. Like Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Edwidge Danticat, and Maryse Cond before her, Tiphanie Yanique has crafted a book that is heartbreaking, hilarious, magical, and mesmerizing. An unforgettable collection.



Author: Tiphanie Yanique
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 03/02/2010
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781555975500


Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 31
Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 81
Booklist 03/01/2010 pg. 48

About the Author

Tihpanie Yanique is from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. An assistant professor at Drew University, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and St. Thomas with her partner, Moses Djeli.


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