White Spirit

Paule Constant

Original title: White Spirit. Roman einer Liebe

earliest edition we have, 1989 Gallimard, 1992 paperback 213 pages

Working with an import-export company, Victor boards a rickety boat called The Will of God and sails from France to Port-Banane, an outpost in an unnamed, contemporary African country. The banana plantation boss, is bringing along a beautiful, light-skinned black French prostitute, Lola. Victor, who's infatuated with Lola, is put in charge of the banana plantation's local store. Lola still aspires to whiteness, so Vi...

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Betsy Wing 2 printings we hold · 2006 · Bison Books

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Editions we hold

White Spirit (European Women Writers) paperback · 2006 · Bison Books · 182 pages · 9780803264410
White Spirit (European Women Writers) hardcover · 2006 · University of Nebraska Press · 182 pages · 9780803215351
White Spirit. Roman einer Liebe. paperback · 1999 · Btb Bei Goldmann · 9783442722778
White spirit paperback · 1992 · Gallimard · 213 pages · 9782070385010
White spirit paperback · 1989 · Gallimard · 213 pages · 9782070714384

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