Oreo (New England Library Of Black Literature) - Softcover

Fran Ross

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9781555534646: Oreo (New England Library Of Black Literature)

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ISBN 10: 1555534643 ISBN 13: 9781555534646

Publisher: Northeastern University Press, 2000

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Born to a Jewish father and black mother who divorce before she is two, Oreo grows up in Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents while her mother tours with a theatrical troupe. Soon after puberty, Oreo heads for New York with a pack on her back to search for her father; but in the big city she discovers that there are dozens of Sam Schwartzes in the phone book, and Oreo's mission turns into a wickedly humorous picaresque quest. The ambitious and playful narrative challenges accepted notions of race, ethnicity, culture, and even the novelistic form itself.

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Fran Ross (1935-1985) grew up in Philadelphia and lived in New York City. After graduating from Temple University with a B.S. degree in Theater Arts and Communication, she worked in advertising, penned television scripts, and wrote for comedian Richard Pryor. Harryette Mullen is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Yarborough, editor of the Northeastern Library of Black Literature, is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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"Fran Ross has a witty way with words-Yiddish, black dialect, puns-and she strews them exuberantly throughout her episodic story, along with lists, tables, drawings, equations, menus ('Gefuellte Melonen') and Q-and-A exams." --Publishers Weekly

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PublisherNortheastern University Press
Publication date2000
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ISBN 13 9781555534646
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