The Changelings |
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| Author:
| Sinclair, Jo |
| Afterword by:
| McKay, Nellie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-935312-40-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1955 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, this novel revolves around a pair of stubborn adolescent girls who refuse to accept the racism and anti-Semitism of their respective communities. Their courage allows them to question and to cross over into the no-man's land of segregated urban neighborhoods, claimed most recently by Jews, but now, in the early fifties, increasingly by African-Americans.
The New York Times praised "the power with which the author...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1955 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, this novel revolves around a pair of stubborn adolescent girls who refuse to accept the racism and anti-Semitism of their respective communities. Their courage allows them to question and to cross over into the no-man's land of segregated urban neighborhoods, claimed most recently by Jews, but now, in the early fifties, increasingly by African-Americans. The New York Times praised "the power with which the author reveals the impact of [racial] struggle on the new generation, whose survival lies in their power to love."