Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows

Patrick Chamoiseau

earliest edition we have, 1986 University of Nebraska Press, 1999 226 pages

"Published in France in 1986, Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows is Patrick Chamoiseau's first novel. It traces the rise and fall of Pipi Soleil, "king of the wheelbarrow" at the vegetable market of Fort-du-France, in a tale as lively and magical as the marketplace itself. In a Martinique where creatures from folklore walk the land and cultural traditions cling tenuously to life, Chamoiseau's characters confront the cri...

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Linda Coverdale 1 printing we hold · 2003 · University of Nebraska Press

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Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows paperback · 2003 · University of Nebraska Press · 226 pages · 9780803264267
Chronicle of the seven sorrows = edition · 1999 · University of Nebraska Press · 226 pages
Chronique des sept misères edition · 1986 · Gallimard · 221 pages

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