Bright Web in the Darkness
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-0-520-20931-2 (ISBN)
Description
Set in the San Francisco Bay area during World War II, "Bright Web in the Darkness" is a novel that illuminates the role of women workers during the war and the efforts of African Americans to achieve regular standing as union members. The central characters are two young women - one black, one white - who meet in a welding class and become friends as they work to qualify for the well-paid jobs opening to women as male workers are drafted. Sensitively and presciently written, this novel addresses social issues that still demand our attention.
Reviews / Votes
"Moving, meaningful, beautifully written." * New Yorker * "A novel of substance and candor. . . . Slowly but surely, Alexander Saxton seems to be saying in this strong novel, America is emerging from the dark ages of racial prejudice and discrimination." * Chicago Tribune * "A forceful, well-constructed novel of love and war, prejudice and injustice. . . . Mr. Saxton's book documents an area of the World War II story that has been largely ignored in fiction. He deals with it honestly and well in a novel that has its roots in the truth." * San Francisco Chronicle *More details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-20931-2 (9780520209312)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Alexander Saxton is the author of The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement (California reissue 1996), The Rise and Fall of the White Republic (1991), and the novel Great Midland. He is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Tillie Olsen is the author of Tell Me A Riddle and Yonnondio.