Anna In-Between - Hardcover

Elizabeth Nunez

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933354844 ISBN 13: 9781933354842

Publisher: AKASHIC BOOKS, 2009

Synopsis

In spare prose and with laser-like attention to every word, prolific Caribbean writer Elizabeth Nunez returns to the theme of emotional alienation - within the context of class and colour discrimination - so richly developed in her earlier novels. The finest novel yet from a deservedly exalted Caribbean writer.

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Review:

"A psychologically and emotionally astute family portrait, with dark themes like racism, cancer and the bittersweet longing of the immigrant."
--"New York Times Book Review" (Editors Choice)
"Nunez has created a moving and insightful character study while delving into the complexities of identity politics. Highly recommended."
--"Library Journal" (*starred review*)
"Nunez deftly explores family strife and immigrant identity in her vivid latest . . . with expressive prose and convincing characters that immediately hook the reader."
--"Publishers Weekly" (*starred review*)
"Nunez offers an intimate portrait of the unknowable secrets and indelible ties that bind husbands and wives, mothers and daughters."
--"Booklist"
"The award-winning author of "Prospero's Daughter" has written a novel more intimate than her usual big-picture work; this moving exploration of immigrant identity has a protagonist caught between race, class and a mothers love."

About the Author:

Elizabeth Nunez is the award-winning author of a memoir and nine novels, four of them selected as New York Times Editors' Choice. Her two most recent books are Not for Everyday Use, a memoir, which won the 2015 prestigious Hurston Wright Legacy Award for nonfiction, and the novel Even in Paradise, a contemporary version of Shakespeare's King Lear. Her other novels are: Boundaries (nominated for the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Fiction); Anna In-Between (PEN Oakland Award for Literary Excellence and long-listed for an IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award); Prospero's Daughter (2010 Trinidad and Tobago One Book, One Community selection, and the 2006 Florida Center for the Literary Arts One Book, One Community); Bruised Hibiscus (American Book Award); Beyond the Limbo Silence (Independent Publishers Book Award); Grace; Discretion; and When Rocks Dance. Nunez received her PhD from New York University and is a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College, CUNY, where she teaches courses on Caribbean Women Writers and Creative Writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: AKASHIC BOOKS
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1933354844
• ISBN 13: 9781933354842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347