Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
by Ntozake Shange
Taste attributes: dramafresh & originalrealisticintricateglossyenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthcomplex relationshipcoming of age
Boxlist takeA stylish, stirring novel: fresh and contained. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
"Ntokaze Shange's Most Beloved Novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams; Cypress, the dancer, who leaves home to find...
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- Author
- Ntozake Shange
- Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 224
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- Open Library
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