The Bluest Eyes

Paperback, 215 pages

Langue : English

Publié 8 novembre 1994 par Plume.

ISBN :
978-0-452-27305-4
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The Bluest Eye is the story of a black girl who prays -- with unforeseen consequences -- for her eyes to turn blue so she will be accepted.

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"And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of an old idea the Revelation and the Word."

Sujets

  • African American
  • Growing Up