The Book Of Colour : A Family Memoir
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‘Wandering through dreams and nightmares from Praslin Islands to Mauritius and finally to England, the author unfolds the troubled lives of her forbears, cursed by racial prejudice, sexual inhibition and recurrent mental illness. This first novel is a powerfully and cleverly written expurgation of personal feelings, drawing the reader into a landscape like that of a Dali painting’ – Eileen Cowey, Scotland on SundayThe Book of Colour is about childhood, about madness, about the fear of miscegenation – and about a pig. It establishes Julia Blackburn as one of the most original English writers since Chatwin.
It was shortlisted for The Orange Prize 1996.
- Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Readership:General (US: Trade)
- Format: Paperback softback 192 pages
ISBN : 9780099440734
Published : 2 May 2002
Author : Julia Blackburn
Main Material : Paperback softback
Publisher : Vintage Publishing
Size : 161 x 201 x 13 (mm)
Weight : 144g
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