- Fiction, Future in popular culture, Inner cities, Obeah (Cult)
Set in Toronto after the turn of the millennium, Brown Girl in the Ring focuses on "The Burn," the inner city left when Toronto's economic base collapsed. Young Ti-Jeanne lives with her grandmother, who runs a trade in herbal medicine that is vital to the disenfranchised of The Burn. A fascinating cast of characters combined with the dark world of Afro-Caribbean magic create an altogether original and compelling story by an intriguing new voice.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Nalo Hopkinson
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 126
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Oxmoor House, Aspect
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780446409001
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“Ti-Jeanne could see with more than sight.”
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