Corregidora

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''No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this'' TONI MORRISON

''Corregidora (1975), was both shocking and ground-breaking in its probing of the psychological legacy of slavery and sexual ownership'' MAYA JAGGI, GUARDIAN

''Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women'' JAMES BALDWIN

''A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers'' TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE

''An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood'' JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORKER

Upon publication in 1975, Corregidora was hailed as a masterpiece, winning acclaim from writers including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and John Updike. Exploring themes such as race, sexuality and the long r