Black girl. White girl

Opis książki:

In 1975, racial tension still runs high at Genna Meades mostly white Schuyler College in Pennsylvania. Her outcast black roommate, Minette Swift, is a D.C. preachers daughter; Genna is descended from the colleges founder. Minette misses home desperately; Genna, in contrast, avoids herhippie" mothers phone calls while yearning for a visit from her absentee father, activist lawyer Maximilian Meade. Despite their differences, the girls muster an effortful friendship, due to the near-fetishization of black culture that Gennas parents have inculcated in her. When racist incidents begin to plague Minette, Genna tries to protect her, but Minette lapses into an antisocial, dangerous depression. Meanwhile, Genna has her own problems - shes gradually piecing together clues to a mystery whose solution may lie far too close to home for comfort. Eventually, Minettes downward spiral prompts a shocking epiphany for Genna that will alter the course of her familys life. Oates bravely grapples with the fallout of the Civil Rights movement, the early 70s backlash against Summer of Love optimism, and the well-intentioned but ultimately condescending antiracist piety of privileged white liberals, but this anecdotal novel feels slight compared to her best work.

Książka "Black girl. White girl" - Joyce Carol Oates - oprawa twarda - Wydawnictwo Harper Collins Publ. UK. Książka posiada 272 stron i została wydana w 2006 r.