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Item Details
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THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
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| By: |
Charles W. Chesnutt |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£41.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1560004940 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781560004943 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Pub. date: |
31 July, 1999 |
| Edition: |
Large type / large print edition |
| Series: |
Transaction Large Print S. |
| Pages: |
440 |
| Description: |
Explores the lives and fates of two young African-Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream. By the author of "The Marrow of Tradition". |
| Synopsis: |
The House Behind the Cedars is the tale of an attractive brother and sister who decide to -pass, - establishing themselves in the best class of whites South Carolina has to offer. Rena makes a brilliant match, exactly as her calculating brother has intended. But the engagement is soon threatened by her own ambivalence and a series of miscalculations, shifting loyalties, and full-stop treacheries. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Transaction Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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