CorregidoraHere is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother. |
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User Review - lauralkeet - LibraryThingCorregidora opens with Ursa, a jazz singer, reeling from her partner Mutt’s jealousy-fueled physical abuse. Tadpole, the jazz club owner, bans Mutt from the club and takes Ursa in after she is ... Read full review
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User Review - katiekrug - LibraryThing[Corregidora] by Gayl Jones. Oof. Not a light-hearted piece of fluff, this book. Through the story of Ursa, Gayle Jones gives us a meditation on the lasting trauma and physical and mental violence of ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Corregidora |
| Author | Gayl Jones |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0807096989, 9780807096987 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / African American / Historical Fiction / African American / Women Fiction / Historical / General |
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