The time of our singing /
"Jonah, Joseph and Ruth grow up during the early Civil Rights era, come of age in the riot-torn 1960s, and live out their adulthoods through the racially retrenched late century. Jonah, the eldest, "whose voice could make heads of state repent," pursues a life devoted to his parents&#...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2003.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "Jonah, Joseph and Ruth grow up during the early Civil Rights era, come of age in the riot-torn 1960s, and live out their adulthoods through the racially retrenched late century. Jonah, the eldest, "whose voice could make heads of state repent," pursues a life devoted to his parents' beloved classical music. Ruth, the youngest, chooses a path of militant activism and repudiates the white culture her brother represents. Joseph, the middle child and the narrator of this far-ranging, multigenerational tale, struggles to remain loyal to both siblings. As a polarized America threatens to tear the family apart, only their deep, shared love of song stands any hope of preserving them."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 631 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0374277826 9780374277826 |