{"product_id":"corregidora-hardcover-1","title":"Corregidora - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deluxe hardcover edition of Jones's American masterpiece, telling the harrowing story of Ursa Corregidora, a blues singer in the early 20th century forced to confront the inherited trauma of slavery \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. (\"You have to read them.\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Beacon Classics edition, featuring spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA literary classic that remains vital to our understanding of the past, \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e is Gayl Jones's powerful debut novel, examining womanhood, sexuality, and the psychological residue of slavery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJones 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsumed 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected, edited, and first edited by Toni Morrison, it is \"the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women,\" (James Baldwin) and \"a tale as American as Mount Rushmore and as murky as the Florida swamps.\" (Maya Angelou).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University; she has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include \u003ci\u003eCorregidora, Eva's Man, White Rat, Song for Anninho, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48320821788921,"sku":"9780807024140","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/o3ghGfxSNp9780807024140_d6975cf0-88e8-4b77-9056-a13930d5b7af.webp?v=1777114466","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/corregidora-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}