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It is a rite of passage for many, if not all, American students to read Miller’s The Crucible. That pretty much is the coverage of the Salem Witch Trials, but not McCarthyism.
Conde’s book is the story of Tituba, who many see as the starting point of the Salem crisis. Conde’s plot starts with Tituba’s mother and her enslavement. The focus is on Tituba, not on the trials. Tituba’s mother and father’s tale is all too tragic, and all too true. Tituba’s escape and then her enslavement not only allow ...more
Conde’s book is the story of Tituba, who many see as the starting point of the Salem crisis. Conde’s plot starts with Tituba’s mother and her enslavement. The focus is on Tituba, not on the trials. Tituba’s mother and father’s tale is all too tragic, and all too true. Tituba’s escape and then her enslavement not only allow ...more
Although it's hard read, as books about slavery are, this novel is also a very compelling and I highly recommend it! Little is recorded about the actual historical person Tituba who figured in the notorious Salem Witch Trials, in fact it is not even sure if she was a slave originally from Barbados or an indigenous one. Henry Miller casts her as being from Barbados in The Crucible, as does Maryse Conde. This book however has little to do with the Henry Miller play, rather Conde wished to give lif
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Great beginning and ending. A bit slow in the middle.
Tituba, a slave, was the first woman accused of witchcraft during the infamous Salem witch trials, and in this novel, Maryse Condé gives a voice and a context to her story.
It's a dark story, as novels that contain slavery rightly are. As an outsider, Tituba has a clear eye toward the insanity of Salem and Puritan religious fervor, while also being unable to parse how to survive among white folk who treat slaves worse than animals, unlike her husband John Indian, who has created a facade to survi ...more
It's a dark story, as novels that contain slavery rightly are. As an outsider, Tituba has a clear eye toward the insanity of Salem and Puritan religious fervor, while also being unable to parse how to survive among white folk who treat slaves worse than animals, unlike her husband John Indian, who has created a facade to survi ...more
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