Neighbors and Other Stories

Diane Oliver, Tayari Jones

eBook - 2024

A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari JonesA remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver's insightful stories reverberate into the present day.There's the nightmarish "The Closet on the Top Floor" in which Winifred, the first Black st...udent at her newly integrated college, starts to physically disappear; "Mint Juleps not Served Here" where a couple living deep in a forest with their son go to bloody lengths to protect him; "Spiders Cry without Tears," in which a...

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Published
Grove Atlantic
Language
English
Main Authors
Diane Oliver, Tayari Jones
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Kindle Book
ASINB0CQ3KJNSH
Release Date2/13/2024
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780802161321
Release Date2/13/2024