The Wedding
by West, Dorothy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385479158
- ISBN 13
- 9780385479158
- Seller
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Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
Dorothy West founded the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Challenge in 1934, and New Challenge in 1937, with Richard Wright as her associate editor. She was a welfare investigator and WPA relief worker in Harlem during the Depression. Her first novel, The Living Is Easy , appeared in 1948 and remains in print. Her second novel, The Wedding , was a national bestseller and literary landmark when published in the winter of 1995. A collection of her stories and autobiographical essays, The Richer, The Poorer , appeared during the summer of 1995. She lives on Martha's Vineyard.
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- Bookseller
- Alphaville Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5979
- Title
- The Wedding
- Author
- West, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385479158
- ISBN 13
- 9780385479158
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- MASSACHUSETTS FICTION AFRO AMERICANS ESPIONAGE FAMILY SAGA SAGAS
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