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| Plot Summary of Long Train to the Redeeming Sin |
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"This is a strange, very dramatic collection of short stories about fascinating African women. I was disturbed
by it, but I couldn't put it down."
Elizabeth Schooner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Inside culture (main char)
- Black
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- African Black
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- slave
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can read emotions
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 (a tremendous amount)
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- hostile arabs
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- lesbians!
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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