The Resource The floating world : a novel, C. Morgan Babst
The floating world : a novel, C. Morgan Babst
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Resource Information
The item The floating world : a novel, C. Morgan Babst represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "When a fragile young woman refuses to leave New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, her parents are forced to go without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and their daughter catatonic, the victim or perpetrator of some unknown violent act"--
- In this dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, C. Morgan Babst takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina and the life of a great city. As the storm approaching the Louisana coast, Cora Boisdoré refuses to leave the city. her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from freed slaves who became the city's preeminent furniture makers, and his white "Uptown" wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, are forced to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic - the victim or perpetrator of some violence mysterious even to herself. This mystery is at the center of Babst's haunting and profound novel. Cora's sister, Del, returns to New Orleans from the successful life she built in New York City to find her hometown in ruins and her family deeply alienated from one another. As Del attempts to figure out what happened to her sister, she must also reckon with the racial history of the city and the trauma of a disaster that was not, in fact, some random act of God but an avoidable tragedy visited on New Orlean's most vulnerable citizens. Separately and together, each member of the Boisdoré clan must find the strength to remake home in a city forever changed. The Floating World is the Katrina story that needed to be told - one with a piercing, unforgettable loveliness and a vivid, intimate understanding of this particular place and its tangled past. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- 385 pages
- Note
- Includes questions for discussion
- Isbn
- 9781616208639
- Label
- The floating world : a novel
- Title
- The floating world
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- C. Morgan Babst
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "When a fragile young woman refuses to leave New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, her parents are forced to go without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and their daughter catatonic, the victim or perpetrator of some unknown violent act"--
- In this dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, C. Morgan Babst takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina and the life of a great city. As the storm approaching the Louisana coast, Cora Boisdoré refuses to leave the city. her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from freed slaves who became the city's preeminent furniture makers, and his white "Uptown" wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, are forced to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic - the victim or perpetrator of some violence mysterious even to herself. This mystery is at the center of Babst's haunting and profound novel. Cora's sister, Del, returns to New Orleans from the successful life she built in New York City to find her hometown in ruins and her family deeply alienated from one another. As Del attempts to figure out what happened to her sister, she must also reckon with the racial history of the city and the trauma of a disaster that was not, in fact, some random act of God but an avoidable tragedy visited on New Orlean's most vulnerable citizens. Separately and together, each member of the Boisdoré clan must find the strength to remake home in a city forever changed. The Floating World is the Katrina story that needed to be told - one with a piercing, unforgettable loveliness and a vivid, intimate understanding of this particular place and its tangled past. -- from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Babst, C. Morgan
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3602.A23147
- LC item number
- F58 2018
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Racially mixed families
- Disaster victims
- Grief
- New Orleans (La.)
- Label
- The floating world : a novel, C. Morgan Babst
- Note
- Includes questions for discussion
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064519523
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- 385 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616208639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1016361457
- Label
- The floating world : a novel, C. Morgan Babst
- Note
- Includes questions for discussion
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064519523
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- 385 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616208639
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1016361457
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