Description
In a hidden world of enslaved resistance, Marie-Ursule—queen of the militant Sans Peur—plans a mass suicide meant to end a life of bondage, yet she chooses to spare her daughter, Bola. From that fateful decision, the novel traces how love, rage, and inherited “curses” move like weather across generations, carried by Bola’s descendants as they scatter across continents. With lyrical intensity and a sweeping, intergenerational lens, it explores the persistence of passion, the cost of survival, and the ways memory and feeling can become both burden and hope. Dionne Brand’s distinctive voice blends mythic resonance with historical urgency, turning personal emotion into a powerful map of collective endurance.
Available Editions
paperback
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Published Jan 1, 1999
302 pages
ISBN: 9780676971019
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for At the Full and Change of the Moon by Dionne Brand.