{"product_id":"no-telephone-to-heaven-9780452275690","title":"No Telephone to Heaven","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant Jamaican-American writer takes on the themes of colonialism, race, myth, and political awakening. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1987, this critically acclaimed novel is the continuation of the story that began in \u003ci\u003eAbeng\u003c\/i\u003e following Clare Savage, a mixed-race woman who returns to her Jamaican homeland after years away. In this deeply poetic novel, Clare must make sense of her middle-class childhood memories in contrast with another side of Jamaica which she is only now beginning to see: one of extreme poverty. And Jamaica--almost a character in the book--comes to life with its extraordinary beauty, coexisting with deep human tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the course of the book, Clare sees the violence that rises out of extreme oppression, the split loyalties of a colonized person, and what it means to be neither white nor Black in that environment. The result is a deeply moving, canonical work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Cliff\u003c\/b\u003e (1946-2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose writing explored colonialism and racism. Her body of work includes novels, \u003ci\u003eAbeng\u003c\/i\u003e, its sequel, \u003ci\u003eNo Telephone to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFree Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInto the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e; short story collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Store of a Million Items\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e; and poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Look Behind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClaiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460282323218,"sku":"9780452275690","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82824d44-23f5-4795-a1d5-64f253cbee3d.jpg?v=1730035565","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-telephone-to-heaven-9780452275690","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}