| Title | : | Caucasia: A Novel |
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| ISBN | : | 1573227161 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 1573227161 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 pages |
| Publication | : | Penguin Publishing Group; Reprint edition (February 1, 1999) |
Danzy Senna's first novel, Caucasia, was the winner of the Book of the Month Club's Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and an American Library Association Alex Award. It was a finalist for an International IMPAC Dublin Award, and was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Her short fiction and essays have been widely anthologized. She is a recipient of the 2002 Whiting Writers' Award and currently holds the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American/Letters at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Caucasia: A Novel Reviews
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I found this book very interesting. I could relate to it and to all the tension the main characters went through. I don't think it really needed as much bad language's as it had. I understand that there was some of that during this time period but I didn't experience it
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This is an engaging story, well written, that keeps you hooked right the way through it. Most of the characters are people I have known in my life so much better defined that I every knew. After reading this I remember those people very differently. Learn what you didn't
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Birdie cannot remember a time when her parents were ever happy. This simple statement of fact paints the reality of Caucasia. After her parents, her Caucasian mother and black father, call it quits, their daughters Birdie, the youngest who looks white, and Cole with her
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An amazing story and beautiful ending.
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Birdie and her older sister Cole are daughters of a white mother and a black father, living in Boston in the 1970s. Though the two girls share an impenetrable bond, they begin to realize as they get older that they are divided by how they look: Cole, with her dark skin,
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I can’t tell you how surprised I was to read this book (which I blindly picked because one of my favorite influencers suggested) and connect to it so deeply. To be the white passing daughter of an interracial couple with cinnamon skinned siblings..and read a story that
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I have to give Ms. Senna respect for this book. For it to have been her very first book the writing was brilliant and the storytelling was captivating. This is truly a coming of age tale that shouldn't be skipped out on as a reader. I felt a lot of times I was right
