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The Resource She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore
She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore
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The item She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 13 library branches.
Resource Information
The item She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 13 library branches.
- Summary
- A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history'a dazzling retelling of Liberia's formation WayEtu Moore's powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them. Moore's intermingling of history and magical realism finds voice not just in these three characters but also in the fleeting spirit of the wind, who embodies an ancient wisdom. "If she was not a woman," the wind says of Gbessa, "she would be king." In this vibrant story of the African diaspora, Moore, a talented storyteller and a daring writer, illuminates with radiant and exacting prose the tumultuous roots of a country inextricably bound to the United States. She Would Be King is a novel of profound depth set against a vast canvas and a transcendent debut from a major new author
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Note
- OverDrive eBook
- Isbn
- 9781555978686
- Label
- She would be king : a novel
- Title
- She would be king
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- WayeÌtu Moore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history'a dazzling retelling of Liberia's formation WayEtu Moore's powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them. Moore's intermingling of history and magical realism finds voice not just in these three characters but also in the fleeting spirit of the wind, who embodies an ancient wisdom. "If she was not a woman," the wind says of Gbessa, "she would be king." In this vibrant story of the African diaspora, Moore, a talented storyteller and a daring writer, illuminates with radiant and exacting prose the tumultuous roots of a country inextricably bound to the United States. She Would Be King is a novel of profound depth set against a vast canvas and a transcendent debut from a major new author
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moore, WayeÌtu
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.O5686
- LC item number
- S44 2018eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Liberia
- Label
- She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore
- Link
- Note
- OverDrive eBook
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781555978686
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 856C319E-435F-43A1-9007-A6C7FDE70D11
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052465816
- Label
- She would be king : a novel, WayeÌtu Moore
- Link
- Note
- OverDrive eBook
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781555978686
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 856C319E-435F-43A1-9007-A6C7FDE70D11
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052465816
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