Brown Girl, Brownstones (eBook)

Paule Marshall (Autor)

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2012
272 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-11860-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this 1953 coming-of-age novel centers on the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. "Passionate, compelling." — Saturday Review. "Remarkable for its courage." — The New Yorker.

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"e;An unforgettable novel, written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears."e; — Herald Tribune Book Review"e;Passionate, compelling . . . an impressive accomplishment."e; — Saturday Review"e;Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control."e; — The New YorkerSelina's mother wants to stay in Brooklyn and earn enough money to buy a brownstone row house, but her father dreams only of returning to his island home. Torn between a romantic nostalgia for the past and a driving ambition for the future, Selina also faces the everyday burdens of poverty and racism. Written by and about an African-American woman, this coming-of-age story unfolds during the Depression and World War II. Its setting — a close-knit community of immigrants from Barbados — is drawn from the author's own experience, as are the lilting accents and vivid idioms of the characters' speech. Paule Marshall's 1959 novel was among the first to portray the inner life of a young female African-American, as well as depicting the cross-cultural conflict between West Indians and American blacks. It remains a vibrant, compelling tale of self-discovery.

Inhalt

Book 1. A Long Day and a Long NightBook 2. PastoraleBook 3. The WarBook 4. Selina

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.3.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: African American • America • Antigua • anzia yezierska • avril • Bajan • baraka • barbadian • Barbados • black woman • black women • books on african americans • books on black women • books on cora lees • books on edwidge danticat • books on immigrant lives • books on jamaica kincaids • books on literature classes • books on mama days • books on mother lives • books on oprah winfreys • books on seven women • books on sophie lives • books on sophie 's families • books on sophie 's mothers • books on studies classes • books on traditional judaisms • bread givers • Brewster • Brooklyn • brother devon • brownstones • cane fields • Clifford • cora lee • danticat's • dionne • dutchman • edwidge danticat • Father Figure • female purity • girl growing • gloria naylor • haitian culture • haitian family • haitian girl • haitian people • haitian woman • haitian women • harsh realities • hester street • history class • home country • Hyacinth • Immigrant Experience • immigrant family • immigrant life • immigrant parents • independent woman • Jamaica Kincaid • jewish father • Jewish immigrants • krak • Krik • leaves home • literature class • local midwife • lower east • lyrical prose • mama day • Mattie • mother daughter • mother lives • mother martine • mother sends • narrative structure • native haiti • Oprah Winfrey • orthodox jewish • pepperidge • Phaedra • Puerto Rican • reb smolinsky • Role model • sara smolinsky • selina boyce • seven women • Silla • sophie caco • sophie learns • sophie leaves • sophie lives • sophie realizes • sophies • sophie's family • sophie's mother • studies classes • tante atie • Torah • traditional judaism • tree grows • West Indies • World War
• ISBN-10: 0-486-11860-6 / 0486118606
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-11860-4 / 9780486118604