Cane A Novel Contributor(s): Toomer, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1515440028 ISBN-13: 9781515440024 Publisher: Wilder Publications OUR PRICE: $9.02 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | African American - General |
Dewey: 813.52 |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 118 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Cane explores spiritual and emotional frustration, failure of basic communication between individuals, and repression of natural energies. It reveals the chaos of contemporary black American life and calls for a spiritual awakening. A land mark novel that changed the way America looked at black writers.
This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds. -- Maya Angelou Toomer avoided] the pitfalls of propaganda and moralizing on the one hand and the snares of a false and hollow race pride on the other hand. -- Montgomery Gregory |