Name: Sweetbitter
SKU: 56180818
Price: 20.66 EUR
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Author: Gibbons, Reginald
ISBN: 9781737513421

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Author

Reginald Gibbons

Publisher

Jackleg Press

Language

English

Pages

452

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x2.6 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN13

9781737513421

Synopsis "Sweetbitter"

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardGibbons's first novel takes place in east Texas in 1910 during the time of white rule-not by law but by lynch mob. Amid the suffocating racism and fear, half-Choctaw, half-white Reuben Sweetbitter and Martha Clarke, a white woman, fall in love. Forbidden to be seen together, they escape to the town of Harriet, where an influential friend of Martha helps them settle down and raise a family. Atypical of love stories, this realistic work maintains a historical perspective in lending the couple short-lived happiness. Martha's brother James comes for vengeance, and Reuben flees to the forest, which has always been his refuge from the white world. Reuben and Martha's love is strong, but, dishearteningly, racism is stronger. Timely in the subject of interracial love, this authentic, richly detailed novel plumbs sacrifice, fear, and the loss of one's identity, bringing the anguish of the two young lovers to life. Highly recommended.-Library Journal

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