| Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel in Blues and Swing Vintage Books Edition Contributor(s): Crouch, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375724478 ISBN-13: 9780375724473 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: Stanley Crouch's gloriously bold first novel provides an intimate and epic portrait of America that breaks all the rules in crossing the boundaries of race, sex, and class. Blonde Carla from South Dakota is a jazz singer who has been around the block. Almost suddenly, she finds herself fighting to hold on to Maxwell, a black tenor saxophonist from Texas. Their red-hot and sublimely tender five-year union is under siege. Those black people who oppose such relatonships in the interest of romantic entitlement or group solidarity are pressuring Maxwell, and he is wavering. As Carla battles to save the deepest love of her life, her past plays out against the present, vividly bringing forth a startlingly fresh range of characters in scenes that are as accurately drawn as they are unpredictable and innovatively conceived. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - African American - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99048835 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.35" W x 8.06" (0.94 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |