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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400030749
ISBN-139781400030743
eBay Product ID (ePID)2347919
Product Key Features
Book TitleKeepers of the House : Pulitzer Prize Winner
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAfrican American / General, African American / Historical, General, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2003
GenreFiction
AuthorShirley Ann Grau
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.4 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Each year, I reread three authors--Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Shirley Ann Grau. No one else writes about the landscape of Louisiana as she does, but also about the landscape of bitter love and family dreams, of sex not as romance but as commerce and experiment and mystery, of people adrift in their lives and people so tethered to their own pieces of earth. Keepers of the House is a masterpiece of history and race and the fragile yet tenuous ownership of land and love." --Susan Straight, author of the National Book Award Finalist Highwire Moon "A beautifully written book."--Atlantic Monthly "Her best novel."--Saturday Review "Shirley Ann Grau is one of those rare writers who creates a world, draws the reader into it, and makes him somehow happy there no matter what goes on.…Such is her beguilement that one comes to the novel's end with a sense of loss and leaves that world with reluctance." --Newsweek, "Each year, I reread three authors--Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Shirley Ann Grau. No one else writes about the landscape of Louisiana as she does, but also about the landscape of bitter love and family dreams, of sex not as romance but as commerce and experiment and mystery, of people adrift in their lives and people so tethered to their own pieces of earth. Keepers of the House is a masterpiece of history and race and the fragile yet tenuous ownership of land and love." --Susan Straight, author of the National Book Award Finalist Highwire Moon "A beautifully written book."-- Atlantic Monthly "Her best novel."-- Saturday Review "Shirley Ann Grau is one of those rare writers who creates a world, draws the reader into it, and makes him somehow happy there no matter what goes on.…Such is her beguilement that one comes to the novel's end with a sense of loss and leaves that world with reluctance." -- Newsweek, "Each year, I reread three authors--Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Shirley Ann Grau. No one else writes about the landscape of Louisiana as she does, but also about the landscape of bitter love and family dreams, of sex not as romance but as commerce and experiment and mystery, of people adrift in their lives and people so tethered to their own pieces of earth.Keepers of the Houseis a masterpiece of history and race and the fragile yet tenuous ownership of land and love." --Susan Straight, author of the National Book Award FinalistHighwire Moon "A beautifully written book."--Atlantic Monthly "Her best novel."--Saturday Review "Shirley Ann Grau is one of those rare writers who creates a world, draws the reader into it, and makes him somehow happy there no matter what goes on.…Such is her beguilement that one comes to the novel's end with a sense of loss and leaves that world with reluctance." --Newsweek
Dewey Decimal813/.5/4
SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, The Keepers of the House is Shirley Ann Grau's masterwork, a many-layered indictment of racism and rage that is as terrifying as it is wise. Entrenched on the same land since the early 1800s, the Howlands have, for seven generations, been pillars of their Southern community. Extraordinary family lore has been passed down to Abigail Howland, but not all of it. When shocking facts come to light about her late grandfather William's relationship with Margaret Carmichael, a black housekeeper, the community is outraged, and quickly gathers to vent its fury on Abigail. Alone in the house the Howlands built, she is at once shaken by those who have betrayed her, and determined to punish the town that has persecuted her and her kin. Morally intricate, graceful and suspenseful, The Keepers of the House has become a modern classic., Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1965,The Keepers of the Houseis Shirley Ann Grau's masterwork, a many-layered indictment of racism and rage that is as terrifying as it is wise. Entrenched on the same land since the early 1800s, the Howlands have, for seven generations, been pillars of their Southern community. Extraordinary family lore has been passed down to Abigail Howland, but not all of it. When shocking facts come to light about her late grandfather William's relationship with Margaret Carmichael, a black housekeeper, the community is outraged, and quickly gathers to vent its fury on Abigail. Alone in the house the Howlands built, she is at once shaken by those who have betrayed her, and determined to punish the town that has persecuted her and her kin. Morally intricate, graceful and suspenseful,The Keepers of the Househas become a modern classic.
LC Classification NumberPS3568.O243
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- 16. Aug. 2021
well written story of life and times
good story representative of family saga in south. good characters, interesting plot with twists. pulitizer prize winnerBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Okt. 2021
Keepers of the house excellent title
Beautifully written exposes racial intolerance, three generations of a family living in the same house,the story weaves thru the civil war ,ends. with the llegitimate granddaughter who is telling the storyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 08. Jun. 2024
4 Pulitzer Prize books for $15- that’s less than a month of Netflix. Pretty sure I know which is the better deal
4 Pulitzer Prize books for $15- that’s less than a month of Netflix. Pretty sure I know which is the better dealBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
