{"product_id":"a-tall-history-of-sugar-9781617757518","title":"A Tall History of Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2020 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Tall History of Sugar\u003c\/em\u003e is a gift for grown-up fans of fairy tales and those who love fiction that metes out hard and surprising truths. Forbes's writing combines the gale-force imagination of Margaret Atwood with the lyrical pointillism of Toni Morrison.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Tall History of Sugar\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was \"born without skin,\" so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era of what Forbes calls \"the fall of empire,\" the era of Brexit and Donald Trump. The historical trajectory layers but never overwhelms the scintillating love story as the pair fight to establish their own view of loving, against the moral force of the colonial \"plantation\" and its legacies that continue to affect their lives and the lives of those around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in lyrical, luminous prose that spans the range of Jamaican Englishes, this remarkable story follows the couple's mysterious love affair from childhood to adulthood, from the haunted environs of rural Jamaica to the city of Kingston, and then to England--another haunted locale in Forbes's rendition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurdella Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jamaica. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, and teaches at Howard University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Tall History of Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50360640569618,"sku":"9781617757518","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2acf1d19-bfe3-4923-89ec-b7076382fbda.jpg?v=1728364591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tall-history-of-sugar-9781617757518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}