Crossing Blood by Nanci Kincaid
Kincaid's fictional meditation on race relations in the Jim Crow South takes voice through its protagonist, a white teenage girl growing up in segregated Tallahassee.
""Crossing Blood is simply one of the best books I've ever read, and for a first novel, it's astonishingNanci Kincaid has a way of getting under my skin with her wise and soulful portrayal of flesh-and-blood characters who remind us all of the pain and pleasure of being human. She's already one of our best storytellers with a lot more to come. ""—Robert Inman|""Finally, a southern novel that a black person can love, can believe. Crossing Blood signals the arrival of a major talent among American novelists. ""—Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Nanci Kincaid is the author of two novels, Crossing Blood and Balls, and a short story collection, Pretending the Bed Is a Raft. Her short fiction has appeared in the New Stories from the South anthology, as well as such journals as Story, Ontario Review, Missouri Review, and Carolina Quarterly. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Nanci Kincaid has lived in Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, North Carolina, and Arizona.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780817310097 |
| ISBN 10 | 0817310096 |
| Title | Crossing Blood |
| Author | Nanci Kincaid |
| Series | Deep South Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Alabama Press |
| Year published | 1999-07-27 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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