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The Dancing Other (Hardcover) Loot Price: R534
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The Dancing Other (Hardcover): Suzanne Dracius

The Dancing Other (Hardcover)

Suzanne Dracius; Translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Catherine Maigret Kellogg

Series: The French List

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The Dancing Other takes readers to France and Martinique to reveal the struggles of people who belong both places, but never quite feel at home in either. Suzanne Dracius tells the story of Rehvana, a woman who feels she is too black to fit in when living in mainland France, yet at the same time not dark-skinned enough to feel truly accepted in the Caribbean. Her sense of dislocation manifests itself at first in a turn to a mythical idea of Mother Africa; later, she moves to Martinique with a new boyfriend and thinks she may have finally found her place but instead she is soon pregnant, isolated, and lonely. Soon her only reliable companion is her neighbor, Ma Cidalise, who regales her in Creole with supernatural tales of wizards. Rehvana, meanwhile, watches her dream of belonging fade, as she continues to refuse to accept her multicultural heritage.

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Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The French List
Release date: 2019
Authors: Suzanne Dracius
Translators: Nancy Naomi Carlson • Catherine Maigret Kellogg
Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-85742-479-2
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN: 0-85742-479-3
Barcode: 9780857424792

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