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Caucasia by Danzy Senna
From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna's literary career"Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take ... Haunting." --The New York Times Book Review
Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. The sisters are so close that they speak their own language, yet Birdie, with her light skin and straight hair, is often mistaken for white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at school. Despite their differences, Cole is Birdie's confidant, her protector, the mirror by which she understands herself. Then their parents' marriage collapses. One night Birdie watches her father and his new girlfriend drive away with Cole. Soon Birdie and her mother are on the road as well, drifting across the country in search of a new home. But for Birdie, home will always be Cole. Haunted by the loss of her sister, she sets out a desperate search for the family that left her behind.
A modern classic, Caucasia is at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America.
Danzy Senna's first novel, the bestselling Caucasia, won the Stephen Crane Award for Best New Fiction and the American Library Association's Alex Award, was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. A recipient of the Whiting Writers Award, Senna is also the author of the novel Symptomatic, the memoir Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, and the story collection You Are Free. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist Percival Everett, and their sons.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781573227162 |
| ISBN 10 | 1573227161 |
| Title | Caucasia |
| Author | Danzy Senna |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1999-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of Alex Award - YALSA., Winner of BOMC Stephen Crane Award., Winner of IMPAC Dublin Literary Award., Winner of Whiting Writers' Award. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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