{"product_id":"black-shack-alley-paperback","title":"Black Shack Alley - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Zobel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKeith Q. Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eKeith Q. Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe semiautobiographical Caribbean novel that explores shifting race relations in early twentieth-century colonial Martinique, with a foreword by Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing in the tradition of Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph Zobel's semiautobiographical 1950 novel \u003ci\u003eBlack Shack Alley\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the coming-of-age of José, a young boy grappling with issues of power and identity in colonial Martinique. As José transitions from childhood to young adulthood and from rural plantations to urban Fort-de-France on a quest for upward mobility, he bears witness to and struggles against the various manifestations of white supremacy, both subtle and overt, that will alter the course of his life. His ally in this struggle is his grandmother, M'man Tine, who fights her own weariness to release at least one child from the plantation village, a dirt street lined with the shacks of sugarcane workers. Zobel's masterpiece, the basis for the award-winning film \u003ci\u003eSugar Cane Alley\u003c\/i\u003e directed by Euzhan Palcy, is a powerful testament to twentieth-century life in Martinique, with a foreword by award-winning Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Zobel \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1915 in Petit-Bourg, Martinique. He has published many collections of stories and a volume of verse, \u003ci\u003eIncantation pour un retour au pays natal\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003enovel La fête à Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is the continuation of \u003ci\u003eLa rue cases-nègres\u003c\/i\u003e (translated as \u003ci\u003eBlack Shack Alley\u003c\/i\u003e). A noted poet and a gifted sculptor as well as a writer, Zobel retired to a small village in southern France in 1974 and died in 2006. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword Author Bio: \u003c\/b\u003eBorn in Martinique, \u003cb\u003ePatrick Chamoiseau \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSlave Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and was an Editor's Choice of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Texaco\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), which won the Prix Goncourt and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Notable Book\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator Author Bio: Keith Q. Warner\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of French and Caribbean studies at George Mason University, is a native of Trinidad. He is author of \u003ci\u003eKaiso: The Trinidad Calypso\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Perspectives on Léon-Gontran Damas\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580939497779,"sku":"9780143133957","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZqDd7LnQUq9780143133957.webp?v=1761537197","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/black-shack-alley-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}