Author: René Depestre
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813951445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The latest novel by one of Haiti’s most brilliant writers The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, and poet René Depestre, Popa Singer is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. To celebrate her son’s return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka “Popa Singer”)—an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions—determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François “Papa Doc” Duvalier. Depestre’s novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.
Popa Singer
Author: René Depestre
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813951445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The latest novel by one of Haiti’s most brilliant writers The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, and poet René Depestre, Popa Singer is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. To celebrate her son’s return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka “Popa Singer”)—an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions—determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François “Papa Doc” Duvalier. Depestre’s novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813951445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The latest novel by one of Haiti’s most brilliant writers The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, and poet René Depestre, Popa Singer is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. To celebrate her son’s return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka “Popa Singer”)—an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions—determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François “Papa Doc” Duvalier. Depestre’s novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.
Author:
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1001
Book Description
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1001
Book Description
Encyclopedia of the Blues
Author: Edward M. Komara
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415926998
Category : Blues
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415926998
Category : Blues
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.
Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index
Author: Edward M. Komara
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415927017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415927017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Blues Encyclopedia
Author: Edward Komara
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135958319
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135958319
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1274
Book Description
The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
The New York Times Biographical Service
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A compilation of current biographical information of general interest.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A compilation of current biographical information of general interest.
Model Theory of Operator Algebras
Author: Isaac Goldbring
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110768283
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Continuous model theory is an extension of classical first order logic which is best suited for classes of structures which are endowed with a metric. Applications have grown considerably in the past decade. This book is dedicated to showing how the techniques of continuous model theory are used to study C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras. This book geared to researchers in both logic and functional analysis provides the first self-contained collection of articles surveying the many applications of continuous logic to operator algebras that have been obtained in the last 15 years.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110768283
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Continuous model theory is an extension of classical first order logic which is best suited for classes of structures which are endowed with a metric. Applications have grown considerably in the past decade. This book is dedicated to showing how the techniques of continuous model theory are used to study C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras. This book geared to researchers in both logic and functional analysis provides the first self-contained collection of articles surveying the many applications of continuous logic to operator algebras that have been obtained in the last 15 years.
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers
Author: Will Friedwald
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375421491
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
An extensive biographical and critical survey of more than 300 jazz and popular singers is comprised of provocative, opinionated essays that incorporate the views of peers, fans and critics while assessing key movements and genres.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375421491
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
An extensive biographical and critical survey of more than 300 jazz and popular singers is comprised of provocative, opinionated essays that incorporate the views of peers, fans and critics while assessing key movements and genres.
Billboard
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Big City Blues
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blues (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blues (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description