A Tall History of Sugar

Author  Curdella Forbes
A Tall History of Sugar

A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera.



Winner of the 2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction

A Tall History of Sugar is a gift for grown-up fans of fairy tales and those who love fiction that metes out hard and surprising truths. Forbes’s writing combines the gale-force imagination of Margaret Atwood with the lyrical pointillism of Toni Morrison.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice

A Tall History of Sugar tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was “born without skin,” so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional…

$24.95
January 11, 2022
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