Passage : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2017].
ISBN
9781609807832, 1609807839
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bellwood Public Library - Stacks | FIC LAZ | On Shelf |
Glenside Public Library District - Fiction | F Lazarre-White, K. | On Shelf |
Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District - Stacks | AA LAZ | On Shelf |
Hillside Public Library - Stacks | FIC LAZARRE | On Shelf |
Matteson Area Public Library District - Stacks | AFR AM FIC LAZARRE-WHITE | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
African American young men -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
African American young men -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
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Published
New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
190 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781609807832, 1609807839
UPC
40027506377
Notes
Description
"Passage tells the story of Warrior, a young black man navigating the snowy winter streets of Harlem and Brooklyn in 1993. Warrior is surrounded by deep family love and a sustaining connection to his history, bonds that arm him as he confronts the urban forces that surround him--both supernatural and human--including some that seek his very destruction. For Warrior and his peers, the reminders that they, as black men, aren't meant to be fully free, are everywhere. The high schools are filled with teachers who aren't qualified and don't care as much about their students' welfare as that they pass the state exams. Getting from point A to point B usually means eluding violence, and possibly death, at the hands of the "blue soldiers" and your own brothers. Making it home means accepting that you may open the door to find that someone you love did not have the same good fortune. Warrior isn't even safe in his own mind. He's haunted by the spirits of ancestors and of the demons of the system of oppression. Though the story told in Passage takes place in 1993, there is a striking parallel between Warrior's experience and the experiences of black male youth today, since nothing has really changed. Every memory in the novel is the memory of thousands of black families. Every conversation is a message both to those still in their youth and those who left their youth behind long ago. Passage is a novel for then and now"--,Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lazarre-White, K. (2017). Passage: a novel (A Seven Stories Press First edition.). Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lazarre-White, Khary. 2017. Passage: A Novel. Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lazarre-White, Khary. Passage: A Novel Seven Stories Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lazarre-White, Khary. Passage: A Novel A Seven Stories Press First edition., Seven Stories Press, 2017.
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