Книга: The Wedding (West Dorothy); Virago, 2019

Set on a bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, THE WEDDING tells the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner circle of 'blue-vein society', we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of their loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from 'a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions.' Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Mead Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.

Not just the story of one wedding, but of many, this compelling story offers insights into issues of race, prejudice and identity while maintaining its firm belief in the compensatory power of love.

Through a delicate interweaving of past and present, North and South, black and white, The Wedding unfolds outward from a single isolated time and place until it embraces five generations of an extraordinary American family. It is an audacious accomplishment, a monumental history of the rise of a black middle class, written by a writer who lived it. Wise, heartfelt, and shattering, it is Dorothy West's crowning achievement.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780349012049
Автор(ы)	West Dorothy
Вес	0.19
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2019
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Virago
Издательство	Virago
Кол-во страниц	240
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	240
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Серия	Virago Modern Classics
Тип обложки	мягкая