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San Francisco State University - Fall 2012 | ||
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Salt: A Novel by Earl Lovelace Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-89255-235-2 / 0892552352 ISBN-13: 978-0-89255-235-1 / 9780892552351 What a terrific book this is! It begins with an opening of mythic import where Guineau John, ancestor of black people, tucks two corncobs under his arms and flies home to Africa. His descendants, too heavy to fly because they have eaten salt, remain on the island of Trinidad, the novel's setting |