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Victoire : my mother's mother

Title
Victoire : my mother's mother / Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox.
Author
Condé, Maryse.
Publication
New York : Atria International, ©2010.

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Additional Authors
Philcox, Richard
Description
195 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Maryse Condé has pieced together the life of her maternal grandmother to create a moving and profound novel. The author's personal journey of discovery reveals Victoire, her white-skinned mestiza grandmother who worked as a cook for the Walbergs, a family of white Creoles in the French Antilles--Dust jacket.
Uniform Title
Victoire, les saveurs et les mots. English
Alternative Title
Victoire, les saveurs et les mots.
Subject
  • Quidal, Victoire Elodie > Fiction
  • Quidal, Victoire Elodie
  • Grandmothers > Fiction
  • Cooks > Fiction
  • Cooks
  • Grandmothers
  • Guadeloupe fiction (French)
  • West Indies, French > Fiction
  • Antilles, Lesser > Fiction
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French
Genre/Form
  • Novels.
  • Biographical fiction.
  • Historical fiction.
Note
  • Originally published: France : Mercure de France, 2006.
Language (note)
  • Translated from French.
Call Number
JFE 19-1355
ISBN
  • 1416592768
  • 9781416592761
  • 1476786364
  • 9781476786360
OCLC
498430609
Author
Condé, Maryse.
Title
Victoire : my mother's mother / Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox.
Imprint
New York : Atria International, ©2010.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
Translated from French.
Added Author
Philcox, Richard, translator.
Research Call Number
JFE 19-1355
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