Freedomland (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Price
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: New Jersey
- Principal Characters: Lorenzo Council, Jesse Haus, Brenda Martin, Cody Martin, Danny Martin, Ben Haus, Karen Collucci
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: Racism, Blacks, Poverty or poor people, Violence, Working class
- Locales: New Jersey
The Novel
The report of a carjacking in the no-man’s land between a violence-ridden black housing project in the fictional city of Dempsy and the white, working-class town of Gannon sets the stage for high drama in Richard Price’s well-informed and subtly sympathetic look at life on America’s mean streets. Freedomland opens with an unidentified white woman, Brenda Martin, “marching” through an urban wasteland, oblivious to her surroundings and its dangers. Arriving at the local hospital, she reluctantly reveals her painful story. While driving home late at...
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