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Title Statement | Oreo / by Fran Ross ; with a foreword by Danzy Senna ; and an afterword by Harryette Mullen. |
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Series | New Directions paperbook |
Author | Ross, Fran, 1935-1985 |
Publication | New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation,2015.©1974 |
Extent of Item | xvii, 230 pages ; |
ISBN | 0811223221 (pbk.) 9780811223225 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2712937 |
General Notes | "Originally published in 1974 by Greyfalcon House, Inc."--Title page verso. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | Oreo, a biracial black girl from Philadelphia, searches for her Jewish father in New York City, navigating the labyrinth of sound studios, brothels, and subway tunnels of Manhattan in a journey of self-discovery. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | African American girls--Fiction |
Birthfathers--Fiction | |
Cultural pluralism--Fiction | |
Jewish girls--Fiction | |
Race relations--Fiction | |
Racially mixed people--Fiction | |
By Location | New York (N.Y.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |
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