Castaway

by Yvette Christiansë and Cleo Qian

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: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 9.3"