The Wedding
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1997
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86049-056-9 (ISBN)
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86049-056-9 (ISBN)
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Set in the Elysian isle of Martha's Vineyard, among an insular community of proud and prosperous black families, this novel centres around the marriage of the daughter of the community's foremost family to a struggling, white jazz musician.
Set on the Elysian isle of Martha's Vineyardm among an insular community of proud and prosperous black families, Dorothy West's first novel for nearly fifteen years centres around the marriage of Shelby Coles, daughter of the community's foremost family to a struggling white jazz musician.
Not just the story of one wedding, but of many, this thought-provoking and deeply interesting novel offers insights into issues of race, prejudice and identity while maintaining its firm belief in the compensatory power of love.
Set on the Elysian isle of Martha's Vineyardm among an insular community of proud and prosperous black families, Dorothy West's first novel for nearly fifteen years centres around the marriage of Shelby Coles, daughter of the community's foremost family to a struggling white jazz musician.
Not just the story of one wedding, but of many, this thought-provoking and deeply interesting novel offers insights into issues of race, prejudice and identity while maintaining its firm belief in the compensatory power of love.
Dorothy West's career spans eight decades. A leading light of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1930s, she founded literary magazines Challenge and New Challenge. Her short stories appear in numerous anthologies of 20th century African-American fiction. She died in 1998
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.2.1997 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Virago Modern Classics |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86049-056-5 / 1860490565 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86049-056-9 / 9781860490569 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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