I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
The acclaimed author of Tree of Life captures the Salem witch trials from a unique and powerful perspective. Blessed with the gift of healing, Tituba's all-consuming love leads her into slavery and to Salem, Massachusetts, where she succumbs to the lies and accusations of a hysterical time.
The acclaimed author of Tree of Life captures the Salem witch trials from a unique and powerful perspective. Blessed with the gift of healing, Tituba's all-consuming love leads her into slavery and to Salem, Massachusetts, where she succumbs to the lies and accusations of a hysterical time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780813927671 (0813927676)
Publish date: February 5th 2009
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Pages no: 227
Edition language: English
Category:
Paranormal,
Novels,
Witches,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
African American,
Feminism,
France,
Female Authors,
Womens
I really really really wish I had liked this more. Instead I found myself bored throughout the book. If the author, Maryse Conde had actually I think been able to make me feel like she had a good sense of who Tituba was I would have enjoyed this more. Conde decides to have Tituba tell her mother's s...
It is a rite of passage for many, if not all, American students to read Miller’s The Crucible. That pretty much is the coverage of the Salem Witch Trials, but not McCarthyism. Conde’s book is the story of Tituba, who many see as the starting point of the Salem crisis. Conde’s plot ...
Really enjoyed reading this for my Women of Color Lit class.
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