Brown Girl, Brownstones - Softcover

Marshall, Paule

4.07

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558611495 ISBN 13: 9781558611498

Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1996

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Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between two cultures

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"Remarkable for its colorful characters, the cadence of its dialogue and its evocation of a still-lingering past."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Marshall brings to her characters . . . an instinctive understanding, a generosity and free humor that combine to form a style remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control."
--The New Yorker

"An unforgettable novel written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears."
--The New York Herald Tribune

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"An unforgettable novel, written with pride and anger, with rebellion and tears."--Herald Tribune Book Review
"Passionate, compelling . . . an impressive accomplishment."--Saturday Review
"Remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control."--The New Yorker
Selina's mother wants to stay in Brooklyn and earn enough money to buy a brownstone row house, but her father dreams only of returning to his island home. Torn between a romantic nostalgia for the past and a driving ambition for the future, Selina also faces the everyday burdens of poverty and racism.
Written by and about an African-American woman, this coming-of-age story unfolds during the Depression and World War II. Its setting--a close-knit community of immigrants from Barbados--is drawn from the author's own experience, as are the lilting accents and vivid idioms of the characters' speech. Paule Marshall's 1959 novel was among the first to portray the inner life of a young female African-American, as well as depicting the cross-cultural conflict between West Indians and American blacks. It remains a vibrant, compelling tale of self-discovery.
Dover (2009) unabridged republication of the edition published by Random House, Inc., New York, 1959.

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