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White Rat
Short Stories
Taschenbuch von Gayl Jones
Sprache: Englisch

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Originally published in 1977, "White Rat is a collection of twelve provocative tales that explore the emotional and mental terrain of a diverse cast of characters, from the innocent to the insane, which will inspire new debate and dialogue among general readers and academics alike.
In each, Gayl Jones displays her unflinching ability to delve into the most treacherous of psyches and circumstances: The title story examines the identity and relationship conundrums of a black man who can pass for white, earning him the name "White Rat" as an infant; "The Women" follows a girl whose mother brings a succession of female lovers to live in their home; "Jevata" details eighteen-year-old Freddy's relationship with the fifty-year-old title character from the perspective of her old friend Floyd; "The Coke Factory" tracks the thoughts of a mentally handicapped adolescent abandoned by his mother; and "Asylum" focuses on a woman experiencing a nervous breakdown, trying to protect her dignity and her private parts as she enters an institution.
In uncompromising prose, and dialect that veers from Northern, educated tongues to down-home Southern colloquialisms, Jones limns lives that society readily ignores, moving them to center stage. Her words and ideas will linger for years to come.
Originally published in 1977, "White Rat is a collection of twelve provocative tales that explore the emotional and mental terrain of a diverse cast of characters, from the innocent to the insane, which will inspire new debate and dialogue among general readers and academics alike.
In each, Gayl Jones displays her unflinching ability to delve into the most treacherous of psyches and circumstances: The title story examines the identity and relationship conundrums of a black man who can pass for white, earning him the name "White Rat" as an infant; "The Women" follows a girl whose mother brings a succession of female lovers to live in their home; "Jevata" details eighteen-year-old Freddy's relationship with the fifty-year-old title character from the perspective of her old friend Floyd; "The Coke Factory" tracks the thoughts of a mentally handicapped adolescent abandoned by his mother; and "Asylum" focuses on a woman experiencing a nervous breakdown, trying to protect her dignity and her private parts as she enters an institution.
In uncompromising prose, and dialect that veers from Northern, educated tongues to down-home Southern colloquialisms, Jones limns lives that society readily ignores, moving them to center stage. Her words and ideas will linger for years to come.
Über den Autor
Gayl Jones
Inhaltsverzeichnis
White Rat

Your Poems Have Very Little Color in Them

The Women

Jevata

Asylum

Persona

The Coke Factory

The Return: A Fantasy

The Roundhouse

Legend

A Quite Place for the Summer

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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780807012949
ISBN-10: 0807012947
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Jones, Gayl
Hersteller: Beacon Press
Maße: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Gayl Jones
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2024
Gewicht: 0,174 kg
Artikel-ID: 126949588
Über den Autor
Gayl Jones
Inhaltsverzeichnis
White Rat

Your Poems Have Very Little Color in Them

The Women

Jevata

Asylum

Persona

The Coke Factory

The Return: A Fantasy

The Roundhouse

Legend

A Quite Place for the Summer

Version 2
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780807012949
ISBN-10: 0807012947
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Jones, Gayl
Hersteller: Beacon Press
Maße: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Gayl Jones
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2024
Gewicht: 0,174 kg
Artikel-ID: 126949588
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