Castaway

by Yvette Christiansë and Cleo Qian

Book Overview

In Castaway Yvette Christians presents an epic yet fragmented poetic story set off the coast of Africa on the island of St. Helena: Napoleon Bonaparte's final place of exile, a port of call for the slave trade, and birthplace of the poet's grandmother. Amid echoes of racialized identity and issues of displacement, the poems in Castaway speak with a multiplicity of voices--from Fer ao Lopez (the island's first exile) and Napoleon to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324210
• ISBN13: 9780822324218
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 9.3"