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The Blacker the Berry. . .

Autor Wallace Thurman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 1996
One of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, "The Blacker the Berry."..was the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the Black community. This pioneering novel found a way beyond the bondage of Blackness in American life to a new meaning in truth and beauty.
Emma Lou Brown's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation -- not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho, her home-town. As a young woman, Emma travels to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman re-creates this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma's visits to nightclubs and dance halls and house-rent parties, her sex life and her catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions -- and the momentous decision she makes in order to survive.
A lost classic of Black American literature, "The Blacker the Berry."..is a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of racial bias in this country. A new introduction by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of "The Sweeter the Juice, " highlights the timelessness of the issues of race and skin color in America.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780684815800
ISBN-10: 068481580X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 135 x 201 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Reissue
Editura: Touchstone Books

Notă biografică

Wallace Thurman is the author of Harlem, a play, and two other novels, Infants of the Spring and Interne. He died in 1934.

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One of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, The Blacker the Berry... was the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the Black community. This pioneering novel found a way beyond the bondage of Blackness in American life to a new meaning in truth and beauty. Emma Lou Brown's dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation - not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho, her hometown. As a young woman, Emma travels to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman re-creates this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma's visits to nightclubs and dance halls and house-rent parties, her sex life and her catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions - and the momentous decision she makes in order to survive. A lost classic of Black American literature, The Blacker the Berry... is a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of racial bias in this country. A new introduction by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of The Sweeter the Juice, highlights the timelessness of the issues of race and skin color in America.

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This widely read, controversial work from the Harlem Renaissance was the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the black community. A young woman, whose dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation not only to herself but to her lighter-skinned family and friends, travels from Boise, Idaho, to New York's Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

EMMA LOU

PART 2

HARLEM

PART 3

ALVA

PART 4

RENT PARTY

PART 5

PYRRHIC VICTORY