Sweetbitter: A Novel
Set in early twentieth-century Texas, this novel follows a young man of mixed Cherokee heritage as he searches for a place in the world amid forbidden love and racial tension. Using the form of historical romance, it addresses land, belonging, and identity.
Work Information
In a Texas marked by love and violence, a young man searches for a place to belong.
Set in a small Texas town, the protagonist grows while wavering between family memory, love, and ethnic boundaries. Against the backdrop of twentieth-century racial order, the novel reads as a story of love and belonging.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 1996-02-01
- Pages
- 48 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 12.7 x 3.18 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780140252422
- ISBN-10
- 0140252428
- Price
- 5642 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy
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Reviews
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A beautiful writing, but a sad love story of Martha
A beautiful writing, but a sad love story of Martha, white girl, and Reuben, half-indian and half-white, which is realistic.
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Five Stars
Very good book