Gisèle Pineau: Writing the dimensions of migration
LM Suárez - World Literature Today, 2001 - search.proquest.com
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The novel accounts for two journeys and two different kinds of exiles. The first exile is [Julia
Benjamin]'s. She was married at a very young age to a light-skinned black man who,
according to her account, never thought much of her because of her blackness and lack of
education. Julia is an abused woman: physically, because she is beaten at her husband's
whims; psychologically, because all she does is pray to God that her man turn into a loving
being.
Benjamin]'s. She was married at a very young age to a light-skinned black man who,
according to her account, never thought much of her because of her blackness and lack of
education. Julia is an abused woman: physically, because she is beaten at her husband's
whims; psychologically, because all she does is pray to God that her man turn into a loving
being.
Abstract
The novel accounts for two journeys and two different kinds of exiles. The first exile is [Julia Benjamin]'s. She was married at a very young age to a light-skinned black man who, according to her account, never thought much of her because of her blackness and lack of education. Julia is an abused woman: physically, because she is beaten at her husband's whims; psychologically, because all she does is pray to God that her man turn into a loving being.
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