The Fourth Century Title: The Fourth Century Author: Édouard Glissant Translation: Betsy Wing. ISBN: 0-8032-7083-6 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2001 “All this wind…” These are Papa Longoué’s first words in The Fourth Century by Édouard Glissant. The wind is a constant theme in the novel. It is a wind of enormous force, a hurricane […]
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Review: The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Title: The Space Between Us Author: Thrity Umrigar ISBN: 073946986X William Morrow A novel of privilege and poverty, of love and betrayal. I was on the MAX, where I spend a good bit of my time, nearing my station, and I still had about five pages to go. […]