{"product_id":"mahagony-9781496201782","title":"Mahagony","description":"A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e New and Noteworthy Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Édouard Glissant's novels, closely tied to the theories he developed in \u003ci\u003ePoétique de la Relatio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e (Poetics of relation), are rich explorations of a deported and colonized people's loss of their own history and the ever-evolving social and political effects this sense of groundlessness has caused in Martinique. In \u003ci\u003eMahagony\u003c\/i\u003e Glissant identifies both the malaise of and the potential within Martinican society through a powerful collective narrative of geographic identity explored through multiple narrators. These characters' lives are viewed back and forth over centuries of time and through tales of resistance, linked always by the now-ancient mahogany tree. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Attempting to untangle the collective memory of Martinique, Mathieu, the contemporary narrator, creates a conscious history of these people in that place--a record that unearths the mechanics of misrepresentation to get at the fundamental, enduring truths of that history, perhaps as only the mahogany tree knows it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Glissant\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2011) was a Martinican poet, playwright, critic, essayist, and novelist who is recognized as one of the most important writers and thinkers in the French and Francophone world. Several of his novels and essays have been published in English, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Overseer's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 2011), and \u003ci\u003ePoetics of Relation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eBetsy Wing\u003c\/b\u003e's previous translations include Glissant's \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Overseer's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetics of Relation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, among the works of many other writers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50546027462930,"sku":"9781496201782","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0c6665d-6884-4941-93ca-db2b8d501131.jpg?v=1731551502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mahagony-9781496201782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}