Dessa Rose - Softcover
Based on the lives of two nineteenth-century women, this portrait of the South during slavery focuses on the slave Dessa Rose and her relationship with a white woman, Miss Rufel
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"A powerful story. . . . Emotionally affecting and totally unforgettable."--New York Times
"Destined to become a modern classic."--Chicago Tribune
"Absorbing...Deeply true and brilliantly imagined."--Newsday
"Extraordinary. . . . These two women achieve one of the most intricate and ambivalent relationships in contemporary fiction."--Los Angeles Times
"Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative."--Toni Morrison
"A deep, rich, compelling work. . . . I am astonished, moved, and delighted with the language, the thought, the obvious collaboration of the ancestors and the love I read on these pages."--Alice Walker
Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative. --Toni Morrison"
A deep, rich, compelling work. . . . I am astonished, moved, and delighted with the language, the thought, the obvious collaboration of the ancestors and the love I read on these pages. --Alice Walker"
A powerful story. . . . Emotionally affecting and totally unforgettable. --New York Times"
Extraordinary. . . . These two women achieve one of the most intricate and ambivalent relationships in contemporary fiction. --Los Angeles Times"
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"Destined to become a modern classic."--Chicago Tribune
"Absorbing...Deeply true and brilliantly imagined."--Newsday
"Extraordinary. . . . These two women achieve one of the most intricate and ambivalent relationships in contemporary fiction."--Los Angeles Times
"Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative."--Toni Morrison
"A deep, rich, compelling work. . . . I am astonished, moved, and delighted with the language, the thought, the obvious collaboration of the ancestors and the love I read on these pages."--Alice Walker
Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative. --Toni Morrison"
A deep, rich, compelling work. . . . I am astonished, moved, and delighted with the language, the thought, the obvious collaboration of the ancestors and the love I read on these pages. --Alice Walker"
A powerful story. . . . Emotionally affecting and totally unforgettable. --New York Times"
Extraordinary. . . . These two women achieve one of the most intricate and ambivalent relationships in contemporary fiction. --Los Angeles Times"
* An unforgettable novel about friendship across the racial divide.
* To be reissued with new jacket in the Virago Modern Classics.
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- PublisherFutura
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0708840213
- ISBN 13 9780708840214
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages236
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