The Conjure Woman
Seven short stories from one of the most influential African-American authors of the early twentieth century have been edited for modern readers. Changes include standardized spellings and replacement of offensive terms. The bones of the stories are just as he told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendixes, and the author's essay about Southern folklore. The Goophered Grapevine: A conjured slave finds his life closely mirroring the grapevines on his plantation. Poor Sandy: A slave attempts to escape his plantation through conjuration. M…
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- ISBN: 978-0-9978187-6-5
- EAN: 9780997818765
- Produktnummer: 32770092
- Verlag: Inwood Commons Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 230 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 313 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 313
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Charles W. Chesnutt (born 1858, died 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.
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