Scarlet Sister Mary (Brown Thrasher Books)
Set in a Gullah community in South Carolina, the novel stages a clash between female desire, faith, and communal norms. Through Mary's attempt to choose her own life, it reveals the South's layered social tensions.
Work Information
As she resists communal rules, one woman's life takes on clear shape.
As love and piety, freedom and condemnation intersect, Mary's choices ripple through the entire community. The novel carefully portrays regional culture while probing the link between desire and social punishment.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Published
- 1998-10-01
- Pages
- 376 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.02 x 2.39 x 19.05 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780820323770
- ISBN-10
- 0820323772
- Price
- 7337 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/United States/Black & African American
Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.
JULIA PETERKIN (1880&;1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled <i>Roll, Jordan, Roll</i>. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews
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I always like to read books that have been banned
I heard about this book just within the last month. It received Pulitzer Price in 1928. It was also banned in a couple of states. I always like to read books that have been banned, to see if I can figure out why it was banned. A quote from the book. "Christians often turned right into wrong, justice into injustice. Denied some of the plainest, simplest facts of life. Thought they could run God's business. Sometimes they were right not always. No body is always right. No body always knows what right is. The wisest people in the world are ignorant at times. The most free-handed have to be stingy sometimes and the kindest mean.".
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Too good to be so forgotten
shThe writing of Julia peterkin is excellent. These books wiil actually feel somewhat sociological studies. many current things can be seen in the begginnings of them Very good, but too unknown.ould be more known
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Missing chapters
This publication is missing the last 11 chapters. Fortunately I was able to get a hard copy from the library
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“Scarlet Sister Mary” Julia Peterkin, 1928
The edition that I read (1998) has a lengthy foreword by A. J. Verdelle that makes considerably more of the book than exists. This is the story of a promiscuous black woman that lived somewhere around 1900. Scarlet Mary had nine children by nine different men but she was a very good mother that loved and cared for her children. Peterkin’s free flowing writing style makes this little book a quick read; perhaps it’s only quality. I didn’t care for the book as any historical value that the book may have had did not ring true when compared with other works that might be considered of the same genre. I don’t feel that the book taught me anything. Two stars. Not recommended.
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wonderful tale, with no finale
Warning: You’ll love the story, but the ending, if it can be called that, will leave you “high and dry”!
Related Literary Awards
- Pulitzer Prize Edition 13 (1929) ・Winner