Corregidora por Gayl Jones - 1975

New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 185 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine beige with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "6.95." Dust jacket shows light shelfwear and toning. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Glue at gutter of half-title beginning to separate. Shelved in case 2. Edited by Toni Morrison during her tenure at Random House, during which she read the manuscript for Corregidora and stated: "no novel about any black woman could ever be the same after this." Corregidora contains difficult themes of generational trauma, preservation of memory, domestic and sexual violence, and womanhood and motherhood and was highly praised. James Baldwin wrote: "Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and woman...it dares to confront the absolute terror which lives at the heart of… Ler mais

new york: random house, 1975. first edition, 1975. a landmark work on intergenerational sexual trauma and the on-going legacy of chattel slavery. initially discovered by toni morrison, jones published corregidora when she was only twenty-six years old. the novel was widely celebrated by critics and leading intellectuals of the 1970s, including angela davis. in his review, james baldwin, called it"the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred and is occurring, in the souls of black men and women." edited by toni morrison. cover design by wendell minor. new york: random house. isbn: 0-394-49323-0. 8.5 x 5.5". 185 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter-cloth and paper-covered boards, spine stamped in metallic teal and red. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slightest trace of edgewear and slightest folding to corners of front flap. unclipped ($6.95). near fine.

New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. Very good plus in a near fine jacket.. First printing of this landmark work engaging with the generational trauma of slavery, edited by Toni Morrison and lavishly praised by James Baldwin and Angela Davis. CORREGIDORA is "a collective narrative of [...] four generations of female descendant of chattel slavery" (Christina Sharpe), following a matrilineal line to the life of a contemporary Black woman. Jones's work - searing, powerful, and unflinchingly examining the experiences of enslaved Black women years before BELOVED - was championed by Morrison, and greeted with wide acclaim upon publication and beyond (Angela Davis recommends it in WOMEN, RACE, AND CLASS). One of the technical wonders of the text is how it incorporates Black traditions of oral storytelling to form a variegated text in another medium: as she told Michael Harper, "The best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having read." 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter brown cloth, tan… Ler mais

Random House, 1975. 1st. Very Good. "A literary classic that remains vital to our understanding of the past, Corregidora is Gayl Jones's powerful debut novel, examining womanhood, sexuality, and the psychological residue of slavery. Jones masterfully tells the story of Ursa, a Kentucky blues singer, who, in the wake of a tragic loss, confronts her maternal history and the legacy of Corregidora, the Brazilian slave master who fathered both her mother and grandmother. Consumed and haunted by her hatred of the man who irrevocably shaped her life and the lives of her family, Ursa Corregidora must come to terms with a past that is never too distant from the present." -- Hard cover

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