The Living is Easy
Book Details
Author(s)
Dorothy West
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN / ASIN
1558611479
ISBN-13
9781558611474
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Sales Rank
#454,146
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
One of only a handful of novels published by black women during the forties, the story of ambitious Cleo Judson is a long-time cult classic. The Living Is Easy is delightfully wry and ironic humor—even bitchiness—of the novel coexists with a challenging moral and social complexity.
"A powerful work."—Essence
"Dorothy West is a brisk storyteller with an eye for ironic detail. . .a deft stylist and writer of social satire."—Ms.
"Long beloved for its wry and ironic humor, this novel continues to delight and challenge readers."—Feminist Bookstore News
* Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month and Quality Paperback Book Clubs *
Suggested for course use in:
African-American studies
20th-century U.S. literature
"A powerful work."—Essence
"Dorothy West is a brisk storyteller with an eye for ironic detail. . .a deft stylist and writer of social satire."—Ms.
"Long beloved for its wry and ironic humor, this novel continues to delight and challenge readers."—Feminist Bookstore News
* Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month and Quality Paperback Book Clubs *
Suggested for course use in:
African-American studies
20th-century U.S. literature
