Triangular Road: A Memoir - Softcover

Marshall, Paule

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465019226 ISBN 13: 9780465019229

Publisher: Civitas Books, 2010

Synopsis

In Triangular Road , famed novelist Paule Marshall tells the story of her years as a fledgling young writer in the 1960s. A memoir of self-discovery, it also offers an affectionate tribute to the inimitable Langston Hughes, who entered Marshall's life during a crucial phase and introduced her to the world of European letters during a whirlwind tour of the continent. In the course of her journeys to Europe, Barbados, and eventually Africa, Marshall comes to comprehend the historical enormity of the African diaspora, an understanding that fortifies her sense of purpose as a writer. In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Paule Marshall offers an indelible portrait of a young black woman coming of age as a novelist in a literary world dominated by white men.

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Review:

"The Caribbean Review of Books
""A tersely elegant memoir."

"The Caribbean Review of Books"
A tersely elegant memoir. "

The Caribbean Review of Books
"A tersely elegant memoir."

About the Author:

Paule Marshall is the author of Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959) Daughters (1992) and The Fisher King (2001). A MacArthur Fellow and winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, in 2009 she received the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Civitas Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0465019226
• ISBN 13: 9780465019229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176