Brown Girl in the Ring

Brown Girl in the Ring

by NaloHopkinson (Author)

Synopsis

The rich and the privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 19 Nov 1998

ISBN 10: 0446674338
ISBN 13: 9780446674331
Book Overview: Rediscover the first books from Nalo Hopkinson, now with a fresh new cover.

Media Reviews
Hopkinson lives up to her advance billing. New York Times Book Review
Excellent...a bright, original mix of future urban decay and West Indian magic...strongly rooted in character and place. --Sunday Denver Post

A wonderful sense of narrative and a finely tuned ear for dialogue...balances a well-crafted and imaginative story with incisive social critique and a vivid sense of place. --Emerge
An impressive debut precisely because of Hopkinson's fresh viewpoint. --The Washington Post
Hopkinson lives up to her advance billing. --New York Times Book Review
Hopkinson's writing is smooth and assured, and her characters lively and believable. She has created a vivid world of urban decay and startling, dangerous magic, where the human heart is both a physical and metaphorical key. --Publisher's Weekly
Splendid....Superbly plotted and redolent of the rhythms of Afro-Caribbean speech. --Kirkus Review

Utterly original....the debut of a major talent. Gripping, memorable, and beautiful. --Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
Author Bio
Nalo Hopkinson has published a number of short stories and is the author of three novels including The Salt Roads, Brown Girl in the Ring, and Midnight Robber. She is also the award-winning author of the short fiction collection Skin Folk.