Bailey’s Café (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gloria Naylor
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The summer of 1948 to the summer of 1949
- Setting: A street with different locations depending on the character
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Child rearing or parenting, United States or Americans, Wives, Racism, 1940’s, Betrayal, Prejudices or antipathies, Prostitution or prostitutes, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Roads, streets, or highways, Virginity or virgins, World War II
- Locales: United States
Characters Discussed
Bailey, as the owner of Bailey’s Café is called, a black veteran of World War II whose two great loves are baseball and his wife, Nadine. After the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bailey was overcome by guilt and despair. He was rescued by Nadine, who installed him in the café, where he can talk to the customers and speculate about life.
Nadine, also called Deenie, a tall, beautiful African American woman. At the time of the story, she has been married to Bailey for twelve years. Nadine is a self-controlled person who seldom...
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