Word: guadeloupian
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...historical woman called Solitude actually existed. Schwarz-Bart notes that she was captured and executed on Nov. 29, 1802, immediately after giving birth. His fictional Solitude has a more complex background. Married to a Guadeloupian woman, Schwarz-Bart, 44, set out some years ago to write a se ries of novels that would record the hardships of several generations of black women, both in Europe and the Americas. A Woman Named Solitude seems to be an attempt to get it all in - all the legend and history, the com passion and private sentiment, including a parting volley for the victims...
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