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The mermaid of Black Conch / Monique Roffey

By:

Roffey, Monique

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred a. Knopf , 2020Description: 228 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780593534205

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DDC classification:

FIC ROF

Awards:

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award

Summary: April 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch - but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn't expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ROF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		035883

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April 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch - but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn't expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song.

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Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award

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