The Dilemma: Blending Ethnicities, Elusive Identities - Softcover

Merrell, Floyd Fenly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 172611855X ISBN 13: 9781726118552

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The Dilemma is the final volume in the Matthew-Matt Trilogy, following Finding Himself and Looking Glass Killer. In Dilemma, Matt becomes a creative, enterprising retail produce manager at one of the largest supermarkets in the country. He receives accolades regarding his innovative retailing technique. Yet, his multiethnic identity continues to plague him. He is bicultural, caught between his mother’s Mexican identity and his father’s Anglo background. Following a series of troubling confrontations, traumatic events including a sequestering and the death of his wife, Marķa, he finally discovers he enjoys the wherewithal to resolve his dilemma, while thinking to himself, “Life. A meandering, rippling, fluctuating, emerging presence. It is not a matter of finding yourself in it but of re-creating yourself as you flow along within it.”This story reveals multiethnic identity problems and conflicts prevalent in present cultures and profound issues involving personal multiethnic identity; as well as the remarkable role human creativity plays in leading to a resolution of these conflicts. At the same time, Dilemma is peppered with intrigue, adventure, conflict, action and meditations on the creative process.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 172611855X
• ISBN 13: 9781726118552
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235