Cane River - Softcover

Tademy, Lalita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747270155 ISBN 13: 9780747270157

Verlag: Headline, 2001

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`compelling and unsentimental' and `more complex than Roots' Times

An accomplished first novel weaves fragments of real-life family lore into a vivid tale of four generations of African-American women struggling to hold their families together, first as slaves, then as freed people subject to Jim Crow laws and white vigilantism ... The result is a richly textured family saga that resonates with intelligence and empathy (KIRKUS REVIEWS)

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Set among the plantations in deepest Louisiana, CANE RIVER follows the lives of five generations of women from the time of slavery in the early 1800s, through the Civil War and into the early years of the 20th century. From down-trodden, philosophical Suzette, who was born and died as a slave, to educated, pale-skinned Emily, whose high ambitions born in freedom become her downfall, we are introduced to a remarkable cast of charactes whose struggles reflect the tragedy of slavery, the determination to overcome, and, ultimately, the triumph of the spirit. This deeply personal saga - based entirely on the author's research into her own family history - ranks with the best African-American novels and introduces a major new writer.

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• Verlag: Headline
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0747270155
• ISBN 13: 9780747270157
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384