Description
A haunting, lyrical novel set against the long shadow of slavery, this story follows a woman whose life is shaped by inherited trauma and the stories she cannot escape. Through memory, voice, and shifting time, she confronts the brutal realities of sexual exploitation and survival, tracing how history lives inside families and bodies. As the narrative moves between personal reckoning and collective suffering, it explores themes of endurance, identity, and the struggle to reclaim agency in the face of dehumanization. Written in Gayl Jones’s distinctive, intensely intimate style, the book blends psychological depth with poetic intensity, offering a powerful meditation on what it means to remember—and what it costs to do so.
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paperback
Random House
Published Jan 1, 1975
185 pages
ISBN: 0394493230
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Details
First Published
1975
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Corregidora by Gayl Jones.