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Tells the stories of twelve-year-old Clare Savage's ancestors, both the Black slaves on her mother's side and the white slave owners of Jamaica on her father's side

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About the Author:
Michelle Cliff was born in Jamaica and is the author of three acclaimed novels: Abeng, its sequel, No Telephone to Heaven, and Free Enterprise (Plume). She has also written a collection of short stories, Bodies of Water (Plume), and two poetry collections, The Land of Look Behind and Claiming an Identity They Tought Me to Despise. She is Allan K. Smith Professor of English Language and Literature at Trinity College in Connecticut and divides her time between Hartford, Connecticut, and Santa Cruz, California.
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"Powerful and often lyric ... an important work."
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"The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound insight."
—Toni Morrison

"Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring Jamaica's present and past to life."
New York Times Book Review

"Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in this multilayered novel. ... Through its richness and diversity of detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality."
Publisher's Weekly

"Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of history and culture. ... [Cliff's] perception of character, her receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make our journey ... a richly textured experience."
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  • PublisherPenguin Books
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0140153144
  • ISBN 13 9780140153149
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages176
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