White Rat: Short Stories,Used

White Rat: Short Stories,Used

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The acclaimed authors first collection of storiesGayl Joness work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truthtelling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched. Imani PerryGayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century and was recently a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award. This collection of short fiction was her third book, originally edited and published by Toni Morrison in 1977, and is reissued now alongside her second collection, BUTTER, in paperback for the first time.The collection contains twelve provocative tales that explore the emotional and mental terrain of a diverse cast of characters, from the innocent to the insane. In each, Jones displays her unflinching ability to dive into the most treacherous of psyches and circumstances: the title story examines the identity and relationship conundrums of a black man who can pass for white, earning him the name White Rat as an infant; The Women follows a girl whose mother brings a line of female lovers to live in their home; Jevata details eighteenyearold Freddys relationship with the fiftyyearold title character; The Coke Factory tracks the thoughts of a mentally handicapped adolescent abandoned by his mother; and Asylum focuses on a woman having a nervous breakdown, trying to protect her dignity and her private parts as she enters an institution. In uncompromising prose, and dialect that veers from northern, educated tongues to downhome southern colloquialisms, Jones illuminates lives that society ignores, moving them to center stage.

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