SASSAFRASS, CYPRESS & INDIGO : A Novel by Shange, Ntozake - 1983

New York, NY: St Martins Press, 1983. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/edge & surface wear, and faint creasings to corner tips. Novel. Contemporary life in these United States. A tale of 3 African-American sisters of Charleston, South Carolina from playwright, poet and black feminist Ntozake Shange (1948 - ) best known for the Obie Award-winning play "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". Story of Sassafrass, the eldest, a weaver (like mother), poet, college educated, and living in Los Angles; Cypress, the dancer; and Indigo, still pre-adult and still in Charleston. Alive, vivid portraits and marvellous use of language ... direct dialogues in the vernacular contrasted against letters to one another and the marvellous narrative voice of Shange. Strong copy despite flaws to softcover. . First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing.