Michelle Cliff (1946-2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose writing explored colonialism and racism. Her body of work includes novels, Abeng, its sequel, No Telephone to Heaven, Free Enterprise, and Into the Interior; short story collections, The Store of a Million Items and Bodies of Water; and poetry collections, The Land of Look Behind and Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise.
"The beauty and authority of her writing are coupled with profound
insight."
—Toni Morrison
"Her keen eye for detail and pithy anecdotal descriptions bring
Jamaica's present and past to life."
—New York Times Book Review
"Powerful and often lyric … an important work."
—Library Journal
"Jamaican history, lore, and lanscape are evocatively re-created in
this multilayered novel. … Through its richness and diversity of
detail, Abeng achieves a timeless universality."
—Publisher's Weekly
"Abeng is a solid achievement, a book that offers a wealth of
history and culture. … [Cliff's] perception of character, her
receptivity to sensuous detail, her rendering of the language, make
our journey … a richly textured experience."
—Plexus
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