Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

Name: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Ntozake Shange
ISBN: 9781441765604

Author: Ntozake Shange

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC

Published: 08/26/2010

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Ntozake Shanges most beloved novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three colored girls, three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college and living with other artists in Los Angeles, trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories, and her dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul. Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of Charlestonwith too much of the South in herwho lives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world.

About Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange, fearless in her quest to affirm the realities of women of color, demonstrates that her name reflects her approach to both her art and her life. In the Zulu language of Xhosa, ntozake means “she who comes with her own things,” and shange means “she who walks like a lion.” She has written numerous novels, works of poetry, essays and screenplays, a plethora of critically acclaimed plays, as well as children’s books. She is the recipient of the 2016 Langston Hughes Medal.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eve on June 11, 2007

"So Cypress learned to see other people as themselves, and not as threats to her person." This line, and this novel, changed the way I conceptualize relationships. I'm still learning.......more

Goodreads review by Lois on April 29, 2018

This was very different. Magical realism? Fantasy elements to the story for sure. I thoroughly enjoyed this very different look at the lives of these women.......more

Goodreads review by Theodore on February 13, 2023

this is like a quilt. Shange brings just about every literary form into play and its quite the spectacle.......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on September 17, 2013

I picked this book up as part of a Treasure Hunt challenge, to fit the category of "Titles containing any shade of purple". This is exactly what I was hoping to get from the challenge - the discovery of a great book that I otherwise would never have chosen for myself. SC&I tells the story of three Af......more

Goodreads review by E Jovetta on December 03, 2018

Not at all what I expected and I absolutely loved this book! I loved the recipes, journal entries, spells and letters. There were hints of magical realism and at time you had to slow down and figure out the puzzles. I don't always like that, but Ntozake made it makes sense. I loved reading about Cyp......more