The Book of Color

Julia Blackburn

first published 1995 Pantheon Books, 1995 175 pages

"This is a story of unwanted but undeniable inheritance, the tale of a family whose legacy is a curse. It begins in the late 1800s on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where a missionary has dedicated himself to stamping out fornication among the natives. His own wife is dark-skinned, but that is no shield when she is afflicted with a curse meant for her husband. When her affliction cannot be exorcised, their ten-...

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Book of Color hardcover · 1999 · Random House Value Publishing · 9780517361252
Book of Color hardcover · 1997 · Random House Value Publishing · 9780517194928
The Book of Color paperback · 1996 · Vintage · 192 pages · 9780679758372
The book of color edition · 1995 · Pantheon Books · 175 pages

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