Bruised Hibiscus
In 1950s Trinidad, a murder rumor brings two childhood friends face to face again. As they confront each other, the pressure of race, class, and gender spreads from their homes into the wider society.
Work Information
A rumor brings buried memory and solidarity back to the surface.
Set in 1950s Trinidad, the novel turns a murder rumor into a portrait of long-suppressed tensions around race, class, and gender. Two women joined by a childhood memory try to reclaim their lives from destructive marriages and the pressures of society.
Review Summaries
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The novel is praised as an ambitious exploration of race, class, and gender in Trinidad, though some readers find its symbolism and structure a little heavy-handed.
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Its image of two women trapped in suffocating marriages in 1950s Trinidad leaves a strong impression, although some readers find the intersections of plot and metaphor awkward.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 2003-03-04
- Pages
- 306 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 1.75 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780345451095
- ISBN-10
- 0345451090
- Price
- 3506 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/United States/Black & African American
The year is 1954. A white woman’s body, stuffed in a coconut bag, has washed ashore in Otatiti, Trinidad, and the British colony is rife with rumors. In two homes, one in a distant shantytown, the other on the outskirts of a former sugar cane estate, two women hear the news and their blood runs cold. Rosa, the white daughter of a landowner, and Zuela, the adopted “daughter” of a Chinese shop owner used to play together as girls—and witnessed something terrible behind a hibiscus bush many years ago.
Elizabeth Nunez, PhD, is the bestselling author of 10 novels, including Bruised Hibiscus , winner of an American Book Award. Nunez’s book Boundaries was selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice and was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee. She immigrated to the United States from Trinidad and is a distinguished professor at Hunter College, the City University of New York.
Reviews
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The book was in good condition. USPS ringing my door bell was appreciated.
I needed this book for my book club.
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I have followed the author, have most of her books and looking to see what are her latest literary projects.