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Land of Love and Drowning - by Tiphanie Yanique (Paperback)

Name: Land of Love and Drowning - by Tiphanie Yanique (Paperback)
Brand: Riverhead Books
SKU: 94316210
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Highlights

A critically acclaimed debut from an award-winning writer--an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands.
About the Author: Tiphanie Yanique is from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.
416 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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Book Synopsis

A critically acclaimed debut from an award-winning writer--an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands.

In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them.

Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author's own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.

Review Quotes

Praise for Land of Love and Drowning

"Yanique has written the best kind of summer read--lurid, yet layered and literary." --NPR

"A feat of tropical magical realism." --Vanity Fair

"Spellbinding." --Elle

"Sink or swim is the guiding theme in this fantastical, generational novel."--Marie Claire

"Lush." --USA Today

About the Author

Tiphanie Yanique is from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. The author of the story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony, she is a 2010 Rona Jaffe Writers' Award winner and was named by the National Book Awards as one of 2011's "5 Under 35." She teaches at the New School and lives in Brooklyn and Saint Thomas.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .6 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 416

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Tiphanie Yanique

Language: English

Street Date: July 21, 2015

TCIN: 94316210

UPC: 9781594633812

Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-3300

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.9 inches length x 5.1 inches width x 8 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.6 pounds

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This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO