Popisho : [a novel]
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
ISBN
9780374602451, 037460245X
Status
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION ROSS, L.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780374602451, 037460245X
Notes
General Note
Originally published in 2021 by Faber & Faber Limited, Great Britain, as This One Sky Day.
Description
"An uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's Popisho conjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits. Everyone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something extra. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift, nah? Yes. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own. Somewhere far away―or maybe right nearby―lies an archipelago called Popisho. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. Xavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. The governor’s daughter, Sonteine, still hasn’t come into her cors, but her corrupt father is demanding the macaenus make a feast for her wedding. Meanwhile, graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. A storm is brewing. Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, through their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters. Leone Ross’s Popisho is a masterful delight: a playful love story, a portrait of community, a boldly sensual meditation on desire and addiction, and a critique of the legacies of corruption and colonialism. Inspired by the author’s Jamaican homeland, inflected with rhythms and textures of an amalgam of languages, it is a dazzling, major work of fiction." -- Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ross, L. (2021). Popisho: [a novel] (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ross, Leone, 1969-. 2021. Popisho: [a Novel]. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ross, Leone, 1969-. Popisho: [a Novel] Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ross, Leone. Popisho: [a Novel] First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
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