Corregidora (Five Star)
 

Corregidora (Five Star)

by Gayl Jones

Here is Gayl Jones's classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.

"Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women."
—James Baldwin (read review)

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Rudy R
  • Rated 5 stars

This book might have the best ending I've ever read. It has all the lyricism of Toni Morrison with a rich, complicated look at sexuality and power. It's hard to find, but worth looking for.

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  • Rated 4.291667 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

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