Say Ray
A nonfiction-leaning story about a young disabled man named Ray. It combines empathy for a life lived in the gaps of institutions with sharp social critique.
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Work Information
A single life story brings questions of institutions and dignity into view.
Ron Jones builds on a true story to follow Ray's movement between San Francisco and Mexico. The book tests the dignity of a person pushed to society's margins through a deceptively light narrative voice.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Published
- 1984-07-01
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780553243499
- ISBN-10
- 0553243497
- Price
- 6844 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Biographies & Memoirs
Retarded, illiterate, and living in a rundown welfare home, Ray Martinez becomes the unexpected recipient of a twenty-thousand dollar inheritance, a windfall that has a remarkable impact on his own life and those around him
Related Literary Awards
- American Book Awards Edition 6 (1985) ・Winner