Peau Noire, Masques Blancs vs The Bone Tree: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Racism, Race Relations
Peau Noire, Masques Blancs
“I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language.”
Fanon, born in Martinique and educated in France, is generally regarded as the leading anti-colonial thinker of the 20th century. His first book is an analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the black psyche.…
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The Bone Tree
A follow-up to Natchez Burning finds Southern lawyer Penn Cage desperately struggling to protect his father from false charges and corrupt officers by confronting the puppet master behind the Double Eagles terrorist…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Bone Tree highest: The Bone Tree 4.5 · Peau Noire, Masques Blancs 4.3.
- Peau Noire, Masques Blancs is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 15 for The Bone Tree.
- Peau Noire, Masques Blancs has the widest readership — 20434 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Peau Noire, Masques Blancs | The Bone Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (20434) | 4.5 (361) |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (2) | 4.2 (31) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (1159) |
Reception
| Peau Noire, Masques Blancs | The Bone Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20434 | 1159 |
| Editions | 52 | 17 |
| Citations | 807 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 363 |
| Reading it now | — | 128 |
| Written reviews | — | 11 |
| Pages | 192 | 816 |