{"product_id":"chita-a-memory-of-last-island-paperback","title":"Chita: A Memory of Last Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHearn paints life on a marshy, eclectic Gulf Coast island in the middle of the 19th century. Chita is a young white girl who is orphaned by a shipwreck and then adopted by a Spanish family on the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten during a ten-year stay in New Orleans, Chita was Lafcadio Hearn's first novel. It is filled with beautiful language and emotion, and evokes a true sense of the location and the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages are expertly imbued into the mind by vivid description. In Chita, Hearn paints life on a marshy, eclectic Gulf Coast island in the middle of the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChita is a young white girl who is orphaned by a shipwreck and then adopted by a Spanish family on the island. Languages, cultures, and people collide and meld into a nebulous, but distinctive, way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Lafcadio Hearn was a man who wrote with perception and flair about the exotic places he was inexplicably drawn to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.06 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113973026951,"sku":"9781565549715","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5e07142a31127f577d54443a397a0cb4.webp?v=1732493996","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chita-a-memory-of-last-island-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}