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White Rat: Stories (Harlem Moon Classics)
White Rat Stories - Harlem Moon Classics Author:Gayl Jones Originally published in 1977, White Rat contains twelve provocative tales that explore the emotional and mental terrain of a diverse cast of characters, from the innocent to the insane. — In each, Jones displays her unflinching ability to dive into the most treacherous of psyches and circumstances: the title story examines the identity and... more » relationship conundrums of a black man who can pass for white, earning him the name ?White Rat? as an infant; ?The Women? follows a girl whose mother brings a line of female lovers to live in their home; ?Jevata? details eighteen-year-old Freddy?s relationship with the fifty-year-old title character; ?The Coke Factory? tracks the thoughts of a mentally handicapped adolescent abandoned by his mother; and ?Asylum? focuses on a woman having a nervous breakdown, trying to protect her dignity and her private parts as she enters an institution.
In uncompromising prose, and dialect that veers from northern, educated tongues to down-home southern colloquialisms, Jones illuminates lives that society ignores, moving them to center stage.« less