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Maryse Conde. Penguin Books, $17 (512pp) ISBN 978-0-14-025949-0
Set in an 18h-century African kingdom, Conde's novel examines the cultural transformations brought about by the rise of Islam and the slave trade. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/02/1996
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 499 pages - 978-0-670-80728-4
Paperback - 512 pages - 978-0-345-35306-1