
Moon and the Mars
A Novel
Kia Corthron(Author)
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Published on 12. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-64421-316-2 (ISBN)
Description
"In Moon and the Mars, set in the impoverished Five Points district of New York City during the Civil War, we experience neighborhood life through the eyes of a young girl named Theo. We follow her from childhood to adolescence, as a mixed-race orphan living between the homes of her Black and Irish grandmothers. Over the course of the novel we encounter history from the draft riots that tear New York City asunder to the post-slavery period to Black people being a key part of the Union victory. Theo witnesses everything from the creation of tap dance to P.T. Barnum's sensationalist museum as white America's attitudes towards race, people of color, and slavery are shifting - painfully, transformationally - as the nation divides and marches to war. Corthron's use of dialogue brings her characters to life in a way that only an award-winning playwright and scriptwriter can do. As Theo grows and attends school, her language and grammar change, as does her own vocabulary when she's with her Black or Irish families. It's an extraordinary feat and a revelation for the reader"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64421-316-2 (9781644213162)
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Kia Corthron