Caucasia - A Novel. Winner of the Alex Award - YALSA, the BOMC Stephen Crane Award, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Whiting Writers' Award
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| Verlag | Penguin US |
| Auflage | 1999 |
| Seiten | 432 |
| Format | 13,1 x 20,3 x 2,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1573227161 |
| EAN | 9781573227162 |
| Bestell-Nr | 57322716UA |
A debut novel explores the complications of race through the story of two daughters--one light-skinned and the other dark-skinned--of a black father and a white mother, who become torn apart by racial allegiances. Reprint.
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Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take Haunting. The New York Times Book Review
Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. The sisters are so close that they speak their own language, yet Birdie, with her light skin and straight hair, is often mistaken for white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at school. Despite their differences, Cole is Birdie s confidant, her protector, the mirror by which she understands herself. Then their parents marriage collapses. One night Birdie watches her father and his new girlfriend drive away with Cole. Soon Birdie and her mother are on the road as well, drifting across the country in search of a new home. But for Birdie, home will always be Cole. Haunted by the loss of her sister, she sets out a desperate search for the family that left her behind.
The extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna s literary career, Caucasia is a modern classic, at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America.
