Sap Rising
by Christine Lincoln
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In this spate and mesmerizing debut, Christine Lincoln takes us inside the hearts and minds of African-Americans whose lives unfold against a vividly evoked Southern rural landscape. Original and profoundly affecting, Sap Rising announces the arrival of an important new voice in fiction. An abandoned seven-year-old girl living inside a fantasy of invisibility...a young woman weighing the life she's expected to want against the freedom that will transport her to the unexpected...a boy whose show more world is both expanded and contracted by stories he heats from a beautiful stranger - the characters who inhabit the collection are brought to life with a remarkably light touch and an extraordinary depth of insight and emotion. show lessTags
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The first part of the book, seemed interesting, but then I completely lost track. Events in the final chapter precede many events in the rest of the book. This deliberately muddled structure reminded me immediately of Tony Morrison's "Beloved".
This complicated structure weakens the plot (what is the plot?). Some beautiful descriptions, but altogether rather disappointing.
This complicated structure weakens the plot (what is the plot?). Some beautiful descriptions, but altogether rather disappointing.
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Christine Lincoln graduated from Washington College in Maryland at the age of thirty-four. Her life story has been the subject of articles in O: The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times & The Washington Post & she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show last May. A native of Baltimore, she is currently pursuing a graduate degree in literature at the show more University of Johannesburg. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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