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Butler is very smart in her choice of narrative, to take a modern, independent, intelligent, feminist black woman in the 1970s and transport her to the slavery plantation of her ancestors in the early 19th century opens up space for all sorts of criticisms and conflicts. Butler skilfully mixes racial, social and gender politics into a story that is perfectly paced and completely gripping. She doesn't shy away from the horror and mistreatment of black slaves nor the complexities and nuances o ...more
Butler is very smart in her choice of narrative, to take a modern, independent, intelligent, feminist black woman in the 1970s and transport her to the slavery plantation of her ancestors in the early 19th century opens up space for all sorts of criticisms and conflicts. Butler skilfully mixes racial, social and gender politics into a story that is perfectly paced and completely gripping. She doesn't shy away from the horror and mistreatment of black slaves nor the complexities and nuances o ...more
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