Montgomery’s Children (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Perry
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: 1948–1980
- Setting: Montgomery, New York
- Principal Characters: Norman Fillis, Gerald Fletcher, Hosea Malone, Josephine Moore
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Nature, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Truth, Death or dying, Forests or forestry, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Drug trafficking or dealing, Flight
- Locales: New York, Montgomery, NY
The Novel
In 1948, about one hundred fifty black people live in Montgomery, a town located about two hours north of New York City. The first black people had begun arriving about thirty years earlier. Others had come during the Depression and World War II.
It is one of the oddities of the community that, as of 1948, no black person had ever died in Montgomery. That hint of immortality is but a part of what seems in many ways to be an idyllic existence. The novel picks up the story of Montgomery and its children just as the idyll is about to come to an end.
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