Cane explores spiritual and emotional frustration failure of basic communication between individuals and repression of natural energies. It reveals the chaos of contemporary black American life and calls for a spiritual awakening. A land mark novel that changed the way America looked at black writers.I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it. -- Alice WalkerThis book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds. -- Maya Angelou[Toomer avoided] the pitfalls of propaganda and moralizing on the one hand and the snares of a false and hollow race pride on the other hand. -- Montgomery Gregory
- | Author: Jean Toomer
- | Publisher: Start Classics
- | Publication Date: Apr 23, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 118 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-13: 9798880902873
- Author:
- Jean Toomer
- Publisher:
- Start Classics
- Publication Date:
- Apr 23, 2024
- Number of pages:
- 118 pages
- Binding:
- Hardback or Cased Book
- ISBN-13:
- 9798880902873