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Book Description
One of only a handful of novels published by black women during the forties, the story of ambitious Cleo Judson is a long-time cult classic. The Living Is Easy is delightfully wry and ironic humor-even bitchiness-of the novel coexists with a challenging moral and social complexity.
"A powerful work."-Essence
"Dorothy West is a brisk storyteller with an eye for ironic detail...a deft stylist and writer of social satire."-Ms.
"Long beloved for its wry and ironic humor, this novel continues to delight and challenge readers."-Feminist Bookstore News
* Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month and Quality Paperback Book Clubs *
Suggested for course use in:
African-American studies
20th-century U.S. literature
- Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 376 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 1558611479
- ISBN-13: 9781558611474
- Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1996
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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