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Highlights
- Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.
- About the Author: Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949.
- 176 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, African American
- Series Name: Beacon Classics
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About the Book
The true harrowing story of Ursa Corregidora, a blues singer in the early twentieth century forced to confront the inherited trauma of slavery.Book Synopsis
Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.Review Quotes
Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women. -James Baldwin
About the Author
Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University; she has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include Corregidora, Eva's Man, White Rat, Song for Anninho, and Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Weight: 1.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: African American
Series Title: Beacon Classics
Publisher: Beacon Press
Theme: Women
Format: Hardcover
Author: Gayl Jones
Language: English
Street Date: April 7, 2026
TCIN: 1005334811
UPC: 9780807024140
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-2034
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 6 inches width x 9 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.25 pounds
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