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Through the Ivory Gate: A novel Paperback - 1993
by Dove, Rita
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A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love--and truths about her family.
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- Title Through the Ivory Gate: A novel
- Author Dove, Rita
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 10/5/1993 12:00:01 A
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000724019
- ISBN 9780679742401 / 0679742409
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.99 x 5.2 x 0.65 in (20.29 x 13.21 x 1.65 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, African American women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93010509
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love--and truths about her family. Author readings.
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 09/27/1993, Page 0