I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

Maryse Condé

University of Virginia Press

2009

227 páginas

7h 34m

ISBN-10: 0345384202

This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Conde brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary 'Nanny of the maroons, '" who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, is arrested for healing members of the family that owns her.

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4 (Muito bom)

Um livro absolutamente fascinante, que dá voz a uma personagem que a História silenciou, e cujo real destino se desconhece. Este livro traz um final bem mais interessante, colocando-a no centro de uma narrativa de luta e de resistência. Muito bom.