Brown Girl, Brownstones

Literature & Fiction

Paule Marshall

Contemporary

Virago

“Astonishingly moving.”—Anne Tyler, New York Times Book Review   “A work of exceptional wisdom, maturity, and generosity, one in which the palpable humanity of its characters transcends any considerations of race or sex.”—Washington Post Book World   “There is no limit to the kind of readership to which this novel will appeal.”—Booklist   Avey Johnson—a black, middle-aged, middle-class widow given to hats, gloves, and pearls—has long since put behind her the Harlem of her childhood. Then on a cruise to the Caribbean with two friends, inspired by a troubling dream, she senses her life beginning to unravel—and in a panic packs her bag in the middle of the night and abandons her friends at the next port of call. The unexpected and beautiful adventure that follows provides Avey with the links to the culture and history she has so long disavowed.

Praise Song for the Widow

Praisesong for the Widow

Virago Press

Merle: A novella and other stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Virago Press Ltd.

Merle and Other Stories

Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this prize-winning 1959 novel chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism, and to make their home in a new country. Selina Boyce, the novel's sturdy heroine, is caught between respect for her hard-working, ambitious mother and deep love for her easy-going, romantic father. As she grows into young womanhood, she must forge her own identity, sexuality, and sense of values. "Marshall brings to her characters . . . an instinctive understanding, a generosity, and a free humor that combine to form a style remarkable for its courage, its color, and its natural control."-The New YorkerSuggested for course use in:African-American studiesImmigrationNew York CityU.S. literature Paule Marshall is the author of the novels The Chosen Place, The Timeless People; Praisesong for the Widow; and Daughters. She is Hellen Gould Sheppard Professor of Literature and Culture at New York University. Mary Helen Washington is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and editor of three collections of fiction by African-American women writers.

United States

The Feminist Press at CUNY

The Fisher King

Genre Fiction

Recorded Books Productions

Daughters

Serpent's Tail

SERPENTS TAIL +

Ein Loblied für die Witwe. Roman einer Reise. ( neue frau).

Rowohlt Verlag

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