In Love and Trouble

Stories of Black Women (Harvest Book)

library binding

English language

Published Oct. 28, 1999 by Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-8085-9867-1
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OCLC Number:
228130458

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5 stars

There’s the deliberate cruelty of the psychopath; the temporary kind we all inflict (and immediately regret) in our lesser moments; here Alice Walker wallops us with a third kind, the heartbreaking everyday cruelty that is barely even noticed. Matter-of-fact, taken in stride, Cruelty begotten from earlier cruelty; not necessarily intentional, just, shrug, that’s how it is. Invisible in its ubiquity. David Foster Wallace’s water.

These are hard-hitting stories. Each is strikingly different from the last; each is enough for one night’s reading. You may not be able to speed through this book. Walker’s voice is powerful: objective but not cold nor dispassionate. Loving, actually: deeply loving but in no way lovey-dovey.

You may be tempted to abandon it partway. Don’t. I prefer not to say any more, just, if you value my judgment, accept my recommendation and keep going.

Subjects

  • Classics
  • Literary
  • Fiction
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • African American women
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)