{"product_id":"the-fifth-figure-jean-binta-breeze-9781852247324","title":"The Fifth Figure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\tJean 'Binta' Breeze was a popular Jamaican Dub poet and storyteller \u003cbr\u003ewhose performances were so powerful she has been called a 'one-woman \u003cbr\u003efestival'. \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Figure\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length sequence mixing \u003cbr\u003epoetry and prose which chronicles the lives of five generations of \u003cbr\u003eCaribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\tPart novel, part poem, part family memoir, its structure is based on \u003cbr\u003ethe Jamaican quadrille, a hybrid version of the dance brought from \u003cbr\u003eEurope by the island's former colonial masters. Beginning in the late \u003cbr\u003e19th century with her great-great grandmother's first quadrille, Breeze \u003cbr\u003etells a many-layered tale of love and betrayal, innocence and suffering, \u003cbr\u003e hardship and joy over a hundred years as each mother sees her daughter \u003cbr\u003ejoin a dance that shapes her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Figure\u003c\/i\u003e was her sixth book, and saw Breeze breathing \u003cbr\u003enew life into the dramatic monologue. Steeped in the history of Jamaica, \u003cbr\u003e the book develops the possibilities of narrative, voice and rhythm, \u003cbr\u003eoffering an eloquent and empowering vision of Caribbean lives and \u003cbr\u003eculture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2011 Bloodaxe published Jean 'Binta' Breeze's \u003ci\u003eThird World Girl: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, a DVD-book selection of new and previously published work with live performances on the accompanying DVD. This does include work from \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Figure\u003c\/i\u003e, which remains available as a separate edition, nor the later collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Verandah Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean 'binta' Breeze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1852247320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852247324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 28","brand":"Jean 'binta' Breeze","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125487399167,"sku":"9781852247324","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78b8c636-74d3-4dcf-89e2-4ac1fd307f3e.jpg?v=1687442911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fifth-figure-jean-binta-breeze-9781852247324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}