Why must a black writer write about sex? /
Seven years have gone by and three novels have appeared since the publication of "How To Make Love To a Negro" catapulted Dany Laferriere to instant celebrity. Now Laferriere returns to the arena of "How To Make Love To a Negro" in this searing, often hilarious look at the great...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Coach House Press,
1994.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Seven years have gone by and three novels have appeared since the publication of "How To Make Love To a Negro" catapulted Dany Laferriere to instant celebrity. Now Laferriere returns to the arena of "How To Make Love To a Negro" in this searing, often hilarious look at the great Whore of America: Success. Is it possible to be a writer when women stop you on the street and make you justify the title of your first book? What happens to a serious young black writer when his media persona takes over? Sex, race, fame and class: Laferriere covers all the bases. At the same time, he explores black culture, never afraid to take on black icons-Spike Lee, Miles Davis, Magic Johnson, Toni Morrison - and stand them on their heads. Fiercely independent, piercing, insolent, and always well informed: no wonder he's been compared to James Baldwin and Charles Bukowski. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Cette grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? |
| Physical Description: | 198 pages ; 22 cm Also issued online. |
| ISBN: | 0889104824 9780889104822 |