She's Gone

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title She's Gone
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kwame Dawes
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:350
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 133
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781933354187
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.
Publication Date 2 February 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

A prominent Jamaican reggae singer falls in love with an African American woman while on tour in South Carolina. The two struggle to forge a relationship across a cultural and psychological divide in a story that spans from Jamaica to South Carolina to New York City.

Author Biography

Kwame Dawes is an award-winning Ghanian-born Jamaican author of several books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He teaches at the University of South Carolina, where he is Distinguished Poet in Residence and director of the USC Arts Institute and the SC Poetry Initiative. Dawes is the programmer for the annual Jamaican Calabash International Literary Festival.