LEADER 03391cam a2200517 i 4500001 9987495043506421 005 20240718065646.0 008 130419s2013 nyu 000 f eng^^ 010 2013015580 019 857760960 020 9781590176801 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 1590176804 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 9781590176917 (ebk.) 020 159017691X (ebk.) 035 (NjP)8749504-princetondb 035 |z(OCoLC)857760960 035 |z(NjP)Voyager8749504 035 (OCoLC)ocn825046982 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dOCLCO |dUKMGB |dNYP |dYHM |dAU@ |dOCLCF |dCDX |dNjP 041 1 eng |hfre 043 cc----- 050 00 PQ2679.C43 |bP5313 2013 082 00 843/.914 |223 100 1 Schwarz-Bart, Simone, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81047484 240 10 Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle. |lEnglish 245 14 The bridge of beyond / |cSimone Schwarz-Bart ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray ; introduction by Jamaica Kincaid. 264 1 New York : |bNew York Review Books, |c[2013] 300 xii, 246 pages ; |c21 cm. 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 490 1 New York Review Books classics 500 Translation of: Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle. 520 This is an intoxicating tale of love and wonder, mothers and daughters, spiritual values and the grim legacy of slavery on the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe. Here long-suffering Telumee tells her life story and tells us about the proud line of Lougandor women she continues to draw strength from. Time flows unevenly during the long hot blue days as the madness of the island swirls around the villages, and Telumee, raised in the shelter of wide skirts, must learn how to navigate the adversities of a peasant community, the ecstasies of love, and domestic realities while arriving at her own precious happiness. In the words of Toussine, the wise, tender grandmother who raises her, "Behind one pain there is another. Sorrow is a wave without end. But the horse mustn't ride you, you must ride it." A masterpiece of Caribbean literature, "The Bridge of Beyond" relates the triumph of a generous and hopeful spirit, while offering a gorgeously lush, imaginative depiction of the flora, landscape, and customs of Gua-deloupe. Simone Schwarz-Bart's incantatory prose, interwoven with Creole proverbs and lore, appears here in a remarkable translation by Barbara Bray. 546 Translated from the French. 651 0 Caribbean Area |vFiction. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101168 655 7 Fiction. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423787 651 7 Caribbean Area. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01244080 655 7 Fiction. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 655 7 Novels. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2015026020 700 1 Bray, Barbara, |etranslator. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78045555 700 1 Kincaid, Jamaica, |ewriter of added commentary. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83151180 830 0 New York Review Books classics 902 nk |bl |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20140929 904 nk |bo |hm |cb |e20140905 914 (OCoLC)ocn825046982 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240710 |eprocessed |f825046982