Daddy Was a Number Runner
Louise Meriwether
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Louise Meriwether
Descripción
This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem--with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).
Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie's brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is already in a gang. Francie is a dreamer, too, but there are risks in everything from going to the movies to walking down the block, and her pragmatism eventually outweighs her hope; "We was all poor and black and apt to stay that way, and that was that."
First published in 1970, Daddy Was a Number Runner is one of the seminal novels of the black experience in America. The New York Times Book Review proclaimed it "a most important novel."
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 240 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Feminist Press |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2002-12-01 |
| Dimensiones | 8.4" x 5.4" x 0.5" pulgadas |
| Serie | Contemporary Classics by Women |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | No |
| Temas | Llegada de la Edad, Afroamericano, Femenino, Medio Atlántico, Nueva York, Noreste de EE.UU., New York, N.Y., Urbano |
Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.295 kg |
| SKU: | 9781558614420 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 04/11/23 |
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