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Push : a novel
Author
Title
Push : a novel / by Sapphire.
ISBN
0679446265
9780679446262
9780307474841
0307474844
9780009942488
0009942483
0679766758
9780679766759
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996.
Physical Description
141 pages, 28 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4749: Dust jacket. Presentation inscription from Sapphire to Samuel R. Delany, dated June 18th, 1996. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
Notes
"A movie called Precious, based on the novel, was released to international acclaim and has received many awards, among them the Grand Jury Prize and the Sundance Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival."--Jacket.
Summary
A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
Variant and related titles
Precious
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2020
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Also listed under
Samuel R. Delany Library (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library). Literary Contacts Library.
United States New York (State) New York.
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