A Searing, Provocative Satire By One Of The Most Important African-american Novelists Of The Twentieth Century That Lays Bare The Abiding Racism And The Legacy Of Slavery On The Psyche Of White America. Mitchell Pierce Is A Well-off New York Ad Executive Whose Marriage Is Falling Apart. He No Longer Feels Any Passion For His Pregnant Wife, Tam, And His Toddler Son, Jake, Has Become A Disappointment. He Feels Trapped In An Unrewarding And Loveless Life And Though Domestic Violence Is Not In Mitchell's Character, It Is Never Very Far Away. Mitchell Withdraws To A Fantasy World Where He Can Act Out His Unfulfilled Sexual Desires. Mitchell's Life Will Irrevocably Change One Day, Though, When A Young Man Appears At His Apartment Door To Pick Up The Family's Black Maid, Opal, For A Date. Cooley It Turns Out Is Not A Stranger To The Household. The Twins That Tam Is Carrying Are A Result Of Superfecundation--the Fertilization Of Two Separate Ova By Two Different Males. So When One Child Is Born Black And The Other White, Mitchell Goes On A Quest To Find Cooley And Make Him Take His Baby. In The Tradition Of Brer Rabbit Trickster Tales, Dem Enacts A Modern-day Fable Of The Turning The Tables On The White Oppressor And Inverting The History Of Miscegenation And Subjugation Of African Americans.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Humor & Satire
- Satire
- Humor & Satire
Publisher : Anchor
Author : Kelley, William Melvin
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2020-06-30
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1984899333
ISBN-13 : 9781984899330
Item weight : 0.44 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.1 in x 7.9 in
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