No Telephone to Heaven

No Telephone to Heaven
First edition
AuthorMichelle Cliff
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherDutton Adult
Publication date
July 1987
Publication placeJamaica
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages211 pp

No Telephone to Heaven, the sequel to Abeng (novel), is the second novel published by Jamaican-American author Michelle Cliff. The novel continues the story of Clare Savage, Cliff's semi-autobiographical character from Abeng, through a set of flashbacks that recount Clare's adolescence and young adulthood as she moves from Jamaica to the United States, then to England, and finally back to Jamaica. First published in 1987, the book has received attention for its articulation of the paradoxes of history and identity after, and counter to, the experience of colonization.