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10 de jun. de 2020 · The Vanishing Half Book Club Questions Let’s first talk about what the title means in the context of this story. The story starts off with Desiree returning home to Mallard, Louisiana after running away at age 16 with her twin sister Stella.
18 de out. de 2020 · l The Washington Post评论. The novel is about people who disappear, in search of another life, a better place. The novel is a fierce examination of contemporary passing and the price so many pay for a new identity. The open wounds of the past remain, even as these characters build new lives, personally and professionally.
Em The Vanishing Half é impressionante o que ela consegue fazer: um drama que atravessa gerações sobre o que é ser negra nos EUA. Ao centro, duas irmãs gêmeas afro-americanas de pele clara. Uma delas assume sua negritude, e outra se passa (em inglês, a expressão “passing” para isso) por branca, e constrói toda sua vida (incluído um casamento bem sucedido) em cima dessa mentira.
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The Vanishing Half is a multi-generational, multi-geographic novel that moves fluidly between the past and the present, from the 1950s to the late 1990s, and from the small, light-skinned-obsessed town of Mallard to New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York, and Minneapolis. The novel begins in April 1968 with Desiree Vignes returns ...
2 de jun. de 2020 · Historical Context of The Vanishing Half. The novel’s exploration of “passing” builds on the United States’ long history of racism and, more specifically, the many opportunities Black Americans were denied long after the end of slavery. It was very common during slavery for enslavers to rape and impregnate enslaved women.
A Novel. Brit Bennett. 978-0-399-18452-9. $17.00 US. Paperback. Riverhead Books. Oct 10, 2017. From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.
