Telling the tragic story of a young Sylvia Ann Russell, this novel focuses on the dilemmas of a young woman of mixed race in 1930s Guyana. After the death of her English father, Sylvia constantly struggles for economic survival and against attempts to exploit her sexually. Impossibly torn between her desire for emotional closeness and the integrity of her independence, Sylvia willfully accepts her dark fate when she falls ill. This brilliant and moving novel explores the plight of a Caribbean woman who demands more meaning ...
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Telling the tragic story of a young Sylvia Ann Russell, this novel focuses on the dilemmas of a young woman of mixed race in 1930s Guyana. After the death of her English father, Sylvia constantly struggles for economic survival and against attempts to exploit her sexually. Impossibly torn between her desire for emotional closeness and the integrity of her independence, Sylvia willfully accepts her dark fate when she falls ill. This brilliant and moving novel explores the plight of a Caribbean woman who demands more meaning from her life than her society will give her.
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Very Good- in Good jacket. Octavo. 316 pp. Blue boards with some edgewear along bottom edge. Water marks on back endpaper. Pages are clean and bright. Clipped price, pictorial jacket with significant soiling and closed tears. Compelling novel detailing the life of a mixed-race Caribbean woman in British Guiana, navigating misogyny and fighting for survival.
Add this copy of The Life and Death of Sylvia to cart. $60.00, good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by John Day Company.
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Very Good- in Good jacket. Octavo. 316 pp. Structurally intact, tape remnants and writing on endpages. Some soiling and closed tears. Unclipped price, pictorial jacket. Compelling novel detailing the life of a mixed-race Caribbean woman in British Guiana, navigating misogyny and fighting for survival.
