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Dr. King's Refrigerator

And Other Bedtime Stories

By Charles Johnson

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| Hardcover | 9780743264532

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Charles Johnson's innovative and richly imagined collection is full of stories -- sly, witty, and insightful -- that bring the world into focus. Each is a vivid cultural and philosophical portrait that deftly explores issues of identity and race. "Kwoon" follows the spiritual journey of a martialContinue

Charles Johnson's innovative and richly imagined collection is full of stories -- sly, witty, and insightful -- that bring the world into focus. Each is a vivid cultural and philosophical portrait that deftly explores issues of identity and race. "Kwoon" follows the spiritual journey of a martial arts teacher on Chicago's South Side. "Sweet Dreams" is a Kafkaesque tale set in a world where dreams are taxed and a man and his dreamlife are being audited. "The Gift of the Osuo" is a fable about the dangers of getting what you wish for. In "Cultural Relativity," a young woman falls in love with the son of the president of an African nation but is forbidden to ever kiss him. The title story is an illuminating and deeply human tale about pre-Montgomery Martin Luther King Jr. and a revelation he had when he looked into his refrigerator late one night.

Provocative, engaging, and compassionate, Dr. King's Refrigerator is a superb and important collection from a major American voice.

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  • Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories By Charles Johnson

    A MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of both an NEA grant and a Guggenheim fellowship, and the author of more than 10 works of fiction and nonfiction, Charles Johnson is more than a little prolific. His novel, Middle Passage, won the 1990 National Book Aw ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 144 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0743264533
  • ISBN-13: 9780743264532
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • Pub date: Feb 01, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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