The Richer, The Poorer - Brossura

West, Dorothy

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ISBN 10: 1860490662 ISBN 13: 9781860490668

Casa editrice: Virago, 1997

Riassunto

For almost seven decades, Dorothy West has enriched America's literary tradition. Now, the fruits of her fabled career are offered up in a luminous collection of stories and essays. Their themes are universal: the daily misunderstandings between old and young, men and women, rich and poor, that can lead to tragedy; and the ways in which bonds of family and community can bring us together and tear us asunder. West's essays explore the poles of her remarkable life- from growing up black and middle-class in Boston, to her role in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1930s, to her life on Martha's Vineyard. Together they form a triumphant celebration of the work of one of America's genuine treasures.

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West's narrative is deliciously manipulative. (VOGUE)

L'autore

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

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• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1860490662
• ISBN 13: 9781860490668
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272