{"product_id":"abeng-7553978","title":"Abeng","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since 'Abeng' was first published in 1984, Michelle Cliff has steadily become a literary force. Her novels evoke both the clearly delineated hierarchies of colonial Jamaica and the subtleties of present-day island life. Nowhere is her power felt more than in Clare Savage, her Jamaican heroine, who appeared, already grown, in 'No Telephone to Heaven.' 'Abeng' is a kind of prequel to that highly acclaimed novel and is a small masterpiece in its own right. Here Clare is twelve years old, the light-skinned daughter of a middle-class family, growing up among the complex contradictions of class versus color, blood versus history, harsh reality versus delusion, in a colonized country. In language that surrounds us with a richness of meaning and voices, the several strands of young Clare's heritage are explored: the Maroons, who used the conch shell - the abeng - to pass messages as they fought a guerilla struggle against their English enslavers; and the legacy of Clare's white great-great-grandfather, Judge Savage, who burned his hundred slaves on the eve of their emancipation. A lyrical, explosive coming-of-age story combined with a provocative retelling of the colonial history of Jamaica, this novel is a triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Cliff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44288212336739,"sku":"7553978-unspecified","price":3.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/0320\/2147\/files\/view_archive_93f12e38-5ea0-4ca9-b615-4177dc6bc8d9.jpg?v=1782273989","url":"https:\/\/qasralthaqafa.com\/products\/abeng-7553978","provider":"Qasr Al-Thaqafa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}