Fille Noire, Fille Blanche (Paperback)

from suejonesjohnson

I anm a new reader of Joyce Carol Oates, having resisted her for many years because I found her writing to be too dense. However, having read and thoroughtly enjoyed The Falls, a book club selection, I think I'm a fan. This unsually slim novel (for Oates) is utterly comelling in its realistic dep...

from chlorine

Genna and Minette are roommates during their first year in a prestigious colloge. Genna is white, the daughter of ex-hippie, idealistic parents, and Minette is black, the daughter of a preacher, able to attend the college thanks to a merit scholarship. Genna believes strongly in the equalitarian ...

from iammbb

This book called to me a few weekends ago when I was browsing at Tattered Cover in Denver. I had forgotten my first encounter with Joyce Carol Oates. When Steve saw what I had bought, he was surprised. He reminded me that I had read his copy of a Joyce Carol Oates novel (neither of us could remem...

from snash

A study of unrequited love, of a dysfunctional family, of racial distance, and politics. It was good but somehow the Meade family and the Swift family seemed over the top, or unbelievable.

from seekingflight

One of those books that when you try to recount the story after reading it seems deeper and more enjoyable than it felt like when you were actually reading it. I'm never sure how to rate books on these occasions ... 15 years after the death of Minette Swift, the 'black girl' of the title, 'white ...