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Hopkinson's Midnight Robber

Nalo Hopkinson
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Region

Caribbean

Trinidad and Tobago

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Science Fiction

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Tan-Tan escapes her abusive father to a parallel world, where she becomes the mythic outlaw figure the Midnight Robber, drawn from Caribbean Carnival tradition. Written in Afro-Caribbean creole.

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A landmark of Caribbean science fiction; fuses Afrofuturism with Carnival mythology and creole language

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Tan-Tan escapes her abusive father to a parallel world, where she becomes the mythic outlaw figure the Midnight Robber, drawn from Caribbean Carnival tradition. Written in Afro-Caribbean creole. A landmark of Caribbean science fiction; fuses Afrofuturism with Carnival mythology and creole language

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