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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction) | 2005 | Winner |
About This Book
A fantastical novel tracing the mysterious Celanire, a woman with a scar across her throat, from colonial Ivory Coast to Guadeloupe to Peru, leaving a trail of seduction and death in her wake. Translated from the French by Richard Philcox. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.
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