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Taste of Eternity

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Description for Taste of Eternity Paperback. Translator(s): Dickson, C. Series: The Americas. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
When Sybille arrives in Paris from Guadeloupe with her infant son, she encounters the extravagant and marvellous Lila. Sybille is young and black with her life still ahead of her; an ex-actress, Lila is white and seventy years old. Despite their differences, the women become inseparable.

Haunted by memories, Lila confides in Sybille and, among other things, relates the endless cycle of lovers in her life. Her most cherished memories are of Henry, a black man from the British Caribbean whom she met during the Liberation Day celebrations in Paris. Gradually, Sybille and Lila discover that the West Indies and the charm of Guadeloupe create a deep and common bond between them.

The narrative leaps from one side of the Atlantic to the other, playing black against white, past against present, rural Caribbean culture against the urban life of Paris and New York. Sybille’s memories of her own tragic childhood form a counterpoint to tales of Henry growing up on the island of St. John. The stories contain mysterious and magical elements revolving around one central theme: how fate works to draw lovers apart.

Despite repeated defeats, love still survives. In tales and in legends, mocking all obstacles, it circumvents the game of destiny and the tragic vanity of mankind.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
The Americas
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896728707
SKU
V9780896728707
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About Gisele Pineau
Gisèle Pineau is a French novelist, writer and former psychiatric nurse. Although born in Paris, her origins are Guadeloupean and she has written several books on the difficulties and torments of her childhood as a black person growing up in Parisian society. She now divides her time between France and Guadeloupe. Growing up, C. Dickson travelled extensively with family and lived in all parts of the United States. She left the United States in 1976 for travel in South America, Europe and Africa and learned French fluently during this time. Now living in France, C. Dickson has acquired dual nationality.

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