The Book of Color
Julia Blackburn
(Author)
Description
In the late 19th century, an English missionary arrives on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, intent on wiping out fornication among the natives. Instead he incurs a curse that strikes first his dark-skinned wife, then his son and grandson. But is the curse supernatural--or a white man's guilty fascination with an alien new world? "A hypnotic, cryptic, haunting exploration of the power of memory."--The Boston Globe
Product Details
Price
$15.00
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publish Date
August 27, 1996
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.24 X 8.04 X 0.58 inches | 0.48 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780679758372
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Julia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island, and Daisy Bates in the Desert, and of two novels, The Book of Color and The Leper's Companions, both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England.