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A classic worthy to be classified as such.
Prose--simple, strong and emotive. This is how prose should always be! Words that clutter and all that is unnecessary are removed.
The book is quiet. There is no fanfare. Hardships are relentless yet they do not conquer the family, and in this there lies hope.
The tale looks at a poor, black sharecropper family in the South. Events are told from the perspective of and through the thoughts of the family’s eldest son. He has had two years in school when th ...more
Prose--simple, strong and emotive. This is how prose should always be! Words that clutter and all that is unnecessary are removed.
The book is quiet. There is no fanfare. Hardships are relentless yet they do not conquer the family, and in this there lies hope.
The tale looks at a poor, black sharecropper family in the South. Events are told from the perspective of and through the thoughts of the family’s eldest son. He has had two years in school when th ...more
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