About this title: Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this novel tells the story of 150 years of Caribbean history via the remembrances of Sophie Laborieux, an aging freedom-fighter and the daughter of a slave.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0679751750 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Description: Very Good. 0679432353 This book is in VERY GOOD Used Condition. The pages, cover, and spine are all intact. There does not appear to be any highlighting or underlining. If present, it's to such a small degree to go unnoticed upon quick inspection. The cover shows a bit of wear with some bending/folding in the corners and along the edges. On the side opposite the spine, there are some dusty/dirty marks which are visible when the book is closed. Other than those minor imperfections, which do not ... read more
Description: Very good. This book is in very good condition with slight handling. Interior pages clean and unmarked. DJ in very good with some edge wear/no tears. Available to ship! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679751755ISBN:0679751750
Description: Used Good. The text has some marking, the cover has light wear with several creases, has a used stamp on the outer page edges. The pages have yellowed lightly. read more
Edition: 1st UK edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta, London
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781862070073ISBN:1862070075
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. 401pp. Trans. form French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis & Val Vinokurov. New. 1st. U.K. printing. Mylar protected. read more
Edition: First Edition Trade
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books,, New York:
Date Published: 1997.
ISBN-13:9780679432357ISBN:0679432353
Description: 8vo-9 1/2" Tall. 401 pages. A fine, clean, hard cover copy with minimal shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781862070073ISBN:1862070075
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition, first printing of this publisher. Page edges turning brown. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679751755ISBN:0679751750
Description: Used Very Good. The text appears clean, the cover is in nice condition with a used stamp on the outer page edges. The pages have yellowed lightly. A Nice book! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679751755ISBN:0679751750
Description: Used Very Good. The text appears clean, the cover is in nice condition with a used stamp on the outer page edges. The pages have yellowed lightly. A Nice book! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679751755ISBN:0679751750
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. We ship quickly! Every book you buy goes to help pay for the baby we've got on the way. Thank you. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1998-02-24
ISBN-13:9780679751755ISBN:0679751750
Description: New. New Book. There is slight time wear. Otherwise looks new. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; Third Printing
ISBN-13:9780679432357ISBN:0679432353
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Pantheon, 1997. 1st Edition/3rd Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1862070075. Granta; London; 1st UK edition; 1997; 401 p. Pristine book in crisp jacket. Unread. Translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780679432357ISBN:0679432353
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Pantheon, 1997. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new removable archival protector. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780679432357ISBN:0679432353
Description: Ex-library, otherwise Very Good ++ in hardcover in Very Good ++ dustjacket. 25 by 17 cm. 401 pages. Usual library markings. Stated first American edition. Illustrated dustjacket with protective plastic covering. Bright, clean. read more
"This is a big ambitious novel following the lives of people living in the poorer areas of Fort-de-France in Martinique. It is a novel full of life and inventiveness and insight into the history of the area, including the suburb of Texaco that starts as a squatters settlement on the land owned by the oil company. It's fascinating and engrossing."
"Reading "Texaco" is like taking a walk along the ocean. Sometimes the reader walks along a sandy beach and the gentle waves lap against bare toes. However, most of "Texaco" is similar to climbing the giant, jagged rocks along the coast while the violent waves crash around you. It's worth the work for once you climb the rocks you find the tidal pools full of treasure.
"I had the fortunate experience of reading this sur place: I first opened the cover in Saint-Pierre, Martinique. In Texaco, Chamoiseau recounts episodes of construction and demolition that shaped modern, betonized Martinique. This book might be an essential to understanding the development of Creolism, or at least to the recent history of Madinina. It's unwieldy and long, but deserving of a second read and close attention."
"I couldn't get through this. It's written in a very distant tense- to evoke an oral storytelling tradition, I think. I felt like I was reading through the wrong end of a telescope, if that makes any sense, and I never wanted to pick it up to read it so I gave up after 150 pages or so."
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