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The Grandissimes : a story of Creole life / by George W. Cable ; foreword by Suzanne Jones.
LIBRA PS1244 .G6 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Orleans (La.)--History--Fiction.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 339 pages : music ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- When The Grandissimes was first published in 1880, the book was criticized for its portrayal of forbidden love and the clash of cultures during the Reconstruction. Since then, the novel has been considered a masterful critique of racial and social inequality that resonates with readers even today. Cable's work has been compared to that of writers as varied as Balzac, John Kennedy Toole, and Henry James.
- Notes:
- "Brown thrasher books."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0820310204
- OCLC:
- 17677339
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