Corregidora
NY: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a jacket that has the tanning endemic to this title, but is otherwise nicer than usually found. Very good. Item #71625
ISBN: 0394493230
The author's first book, a work that explores the enduring legacy of slavery, sexual violence, and generational trauma through the life of blues singer Ursa Corregidora. Set primarily in Kentucky, the novel follows Ursa as she struggles to reconcile her own identity with the burden of family history passed down by the women before her, descendants of a Brazilian slaveholder named Corregidora who abused and exploited them. Through a fragmented, deeply musical narrative shaped by the rhythms of oral storytelling and the blues, Jones examines the ways memory, race, gender, and desire intersect across generations.
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