{"product_id":"the-chosen-place-the-timeless-people-9780394726335","title":"The Chosen Place, the Timeless People","description":"The chosen place is Bourneville, a remote, devastated part of a Caribbean island; the timeless people are its inhabitants--black, poor, inextricably linked to their past enslavement. When the advance team for an ambitious American research project arrives, the tense, ambivalent relationships that evolve, between natives and foreigners, black and whites, haves and have-nots, keenly dramatize the vicissitudes of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An important and moving book . . . Marshall is as wise as she is bold, for in compromising neither her politics nor her understanding of people, she makes better sense of both.\"--\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaule Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl, Brownstones, The Chosen Place, The Timeless People, Praisesong for the Widow, Soul Clap Hands and Sing, Reena and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDaughters\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she is now Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491719975186,"sku":"9780394726335","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_866a69d5-fe66-445f-b48b-67a7f1cc11fc.jpg?v=1730551966","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-chosen-place-the-timeless-people-9780394726335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}