Consumed and haunted by her hatred of the man who irrevocably shaped her life and the lives of her family, Ursa Corregidora must come to terms with a past that is never too distant from the present. Jones masterfully tells the story of Ursa, a Kentucky blues singer, who, in the wake of a tragic loss, confronts her maternal history and the legacy of Corregidora, the Brazilian slave master who fathered both her mother and grandmother. A literary classic that remains vital to our understanding of the past, Corregidora is Gayl Joness powerful debut novel, examining womanhood, sexuality, and the psychological residue of slavery. Book Synopsis One of The New Yorkers The Best Books We Read in 2020 picks Joness great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.-Anna Wiener, The New Yorker The new edition of an American masterpiece, this is the harrowing story of Ursa Corregidora, a blues singer in the early 20th century forced to confront the inherited trauma of slavery. About the Book The true harrowing story of Ursa Corregidora, a blues singer in the early twentieth century forced to confront the inherited trauma of slavery.
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