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001 2013044381
003 DLC
005 20140926084114.0
008 131126s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013044381
020 $a9781594488337 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $anwvi---
050 00 $aPS3625.A679$bL36 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC014000$aFIC019000$aFIC049000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aYanique, Tiphanie.
245 10 $aLand of love and drowning /$cTiphanie Yanique.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books, A member of Penguin Group (USA),$c2014.
300 $a358 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a" A major debut from an award-winning writer-an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea, just as the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule. Orphaned by the sunk vessel are two sisters and their half-brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Wholly unique, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the author's own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evokes an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prize-winning young writer"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMagic$zSaint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)$vFiction.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zSaint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)$vFiction.
650 0 $aAfrican American families$zSaint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)$vFiction.
651 0 $aSaint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / African American / General.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aEpic fiction.$2gsafd