Brown girl in the ring / Nalo Hopkinson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2012Description: 274 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0446674338
- 9780446674331
- 0446606278
- 9780446606271
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Hopkinso Nalo | Available | 33111009167889 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. ( The Washington Post )
The rich and 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, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.
"An excerpt from Sister mine": pages 253-271.
"Reading group guide": pages 273-274.
A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.