The Queen of Palmyra: A Novel - Brossura

Gwin, Minrose

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061980188 ISBN 13: 9780061980183

Casa editrice: Harperluxe, 2010

Riassunto

As she spends more and more time at the home of her grandparents' maid, Zenie, in the segregated South of the 1960s, Florence Forrest develops a sense for how race truly divides her town, but nothing prepares her for the tragedy that occurs after Zenie’s niece, a vibrant college student, comes to stay for the summer. (Historical fiction). Simultaneous.

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Recensione:

...a brilliant and compelling novel... The beauty of the prose, the strength of voice and the sheer force of circumstance will hold the reader spellbound from beginning to end.” (Jill McCorkle, author of THE GOING AWAY SHOES)

The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill A Mockingbird....A story about knowing and not knowing, The Queen of Palmyra is finally a testament to the ultimate power of truth and knowledge, language and love. (Lee Smith, author of ON AGATE HILL)

Divert your reader and, and then “clobber” them, advised Flannery O’Connor. In this bold and brilliant book, Minrose Gwin diverts us with the affecting voice of a child and then clobbers us with the ugly truths of our collective past. I can almost hear O’Connor cheering. (Sharon Oard Warner, author of Deep in the Heart)

L'autore:

Minrose Gwin is the author of The Queen of Palmyra. She has written three scholarly books, coedited The Literature of the American South, and teaches contemporary fiction at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.

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• Editore: Harperluxe
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061980188
• ISBN 13: 9780061980183
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 563