Tree of Life - Softcover

Conde, Maryse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345384695 ISBN 13: 9780345384690

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1993

Synopsis

"It is impossible to read her novels and not come away from them with both a sadder and more exhilarating understanding of the human heart."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Rapidly shifting between Guadeloupe and Harlem, moving from Haiti's desperate slums to the exclusive enclaves of the Parisian upper class, this deeply personal tale traces one Guadeloupe family's rise from poverty to riches through several generations.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The author of SEGU and I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM here returns to her native Guadeloupe for a multigenerational story of one twentieth-century West Indian family's attempts to escape a life filled with poverty and racism. This expansive, varied novel shifts from Guadeloupe to Harlem, from Haiti's desperate slums to the exclusive enclaves of the Parisian upper class...and yet remains at heart an intensely personal story. Acclaimed author Bharati Mukherjee has this to say about TREE OF LIFE:

"Maryse Conde is a skillful storyteller. In TREE OF LIFE, she has charted a new and utterly engrossing territory."

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0345384695
• ISBN 13: 9780345384690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384