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John Oliver Killens (1916–1987)

Autor(a) de The Cotillion: or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd

17+ Works 230 Membros 2 Críticas

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Obras por John Oliver Killens

Associated Works

Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (1995) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond (1968) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
American Negro Short Stories (1966) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Harlem: Voices from the Soul of Black America (1970) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Killens, John Oliver
Data de nascimento
1916-01-14
Data de falecimento
1987-10-27
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Macon, Georgia, USA
Local de falecimento
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Educação
Howard University
Ocupações
teacher
novelist
Organizações
Harlem Writers Guild
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Prémios e menções honrosas
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame

Membros

Críticas

I read this many years ago and remember being completely absorbed in the story. I'm surprised to see there are no ratings of this book on goodreads. If you are interested in historical fiction then this is a must read.
 
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diovival | Oct 14, 2013 |
What an incredibly expansive, volatile story! It follows the lives of two very different people growing up Wakefield County, Mississippi in the 1960s. Carrie Louise Wakefield (note the name) was born into white money privilege about the same time as Charles Othello Chaney was born into black poverty servitude. "Chuck" and his family worked as servants for Carrie Louise's extremely wealthy family and would forever be entertwined in each others lives. Over the ever growing turbulent years, events like the Vietnam war, the Civil Rights Movement and the death of Malcolm X stoked the fires of racial unrest. Despite Carrie and Chuck's vastly different upbringings they both manage to go to college, see a world larger than little Wakefield County. Black and white becomes more and more complicated.… (mais)
½
 
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SeriousGrace | Dec 21, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
17
Also by
5
Membros
230
Popularidade
#97,994
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
2
ISBN
31
Línguas
1

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