{"product_id":"9780571373253-maud-martha-faber-editions","title":"Maud Martha (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo\u003cbr\u003ethe cruelty of a department store Santa Claus- are always there .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1953 but never published in Britain,\u003ci\u003e Maud Martha \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetic collage of happenings that forms an extraordinary portrait of an ordinary life: one lived with wisdom, humour, protest, rage, dignity, and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S 'A GOOD READ'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a wonderful book. Utterly unique, exquisitely crafted and quietly powerful. I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' \u003cb\u003eBernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Maud Martha finds beauty in the brutal formative moments that make us. It is one of my favorite depictions of how a woman comes to trust her eyes.' \u003cb\u003eRaven Leilani\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The quotidian rises to an exquisite portraiture of black womanhood in the hands of one of America's most foundational writers.' \u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Maud Martha reveals the poetry, power and splendor of an ordinary life.' \u003cb\u003eTayari Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incredible . She is a quietly radical seer, she is literature itself, a person in the world. It's a rare kind of perfect!' \u003cb\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat, \u003c\/i\u003ewhat\u003ci\u003e, am I to do with all of this life?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maud Martha Brown is a little girl growing up on the South Side of 1940s Chicago. Amidst the crumbling taverns and overgrown yards, she dreams: of New York, romance, her future. She admires dandelions, learns to drink coffee, falls in love, decorates her kitchenette, visits the Jungly Hovel, guts a chicken, buys hats, gives birth. But her lighter-skinned husband has dreams too: of the Foxy Cats Club, other women, war. And the 'scraps of baffled hate' - a certain word from a saleswoman; that visit to the cinema; the cruelty of a department store Santa Claus- are always there .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1953 but never published in Britain,\u003ci\u003e Maud Martha \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetic collage of happenings that forms an extraordinary portrait of an ordinary life: one lived with wisdom, humour, protest, rage, dignity, and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40009583460449,"sku":"9780571373253","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36385000.jpg?v=1759458762","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571373253-maud-martha-faber-editions","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}