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Property
Property
Author: Valerie Martin
From the acclaimed author of Mary Reilly, a groundbreaking novel that reexamines the questions of power and resistance, violence and sex, which inform all her work. — Set in the surreal heat of the antebellum South during a slave rebellion, PROPERTY takes the form of a dramatic monologue, bringing to the page a voice rarely heard in Americ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780349117324
ISBN-10: 0349117322
Publication Date: 9/4/2003
Pages: 212
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Time Warner Books Uk
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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reviewed Property on
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Interesting view point & quick read
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I liked this book a lot - as a matter of fact, I thought it was too short!! I would have liked it go farther into the future with the main character. Very interesting period in time and I liked the fact that this story was told from a woman's point of view.
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Property is a novel set in the early 1800's, told in the voice of a very unhappy plantation owners wife. Amids slave uprisings she has to deal with her husbands obvious infidelity with a slave girl, Sarah. I read this one in a few hours, couldn't put it down!


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