{"product_id":"black-shack-alley-by-joseph-zobel-9780143133957","title":"Black Shack Alley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Shack Alley\u003c\/em\u003e is a semiautobiographical Caribbean novel that explores shifting race relations in early twentieth-century colonial Martinique. It features a foreword by the Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classic follows in the tradition of Richard Wright's \u003cem\u003eBlack Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, as Joseph Zobel's 1950 novel chronicles the coming-of-age of Jose, a young boy dealing with issues of power and identity in colonial Martinique. As Jose transitions from childhood to young adulthood and moves from rural plantations to urban Fort-de-France in search of upward mobility, he witnesses and struggles against the various manifestations of white supremacy, both subtle and overt, that will alter the course of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis ally in this struggle is his grandmother, M'man Tine, who battles her own weariness to release at least one child from the plantation village, which is a dirt street lined with the shacks of sugarcane workers. Zobel's masterpiece, the basis for the award-winning film \u003cem\u003eSugar Cane Alley\u003c\/em\u003e directed by Euzhan Palcy, offers a powerful testament to twentieth-century life in Martinique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543058534636,"sku":"9780143133957","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26141553482238.jpg?v=1749732324","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/black-shack-alley-by-joseph-zobel-9780143133957","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}