Sent for You Yesterday | Social Concerns
At the center of John Wideman's work is the issue of race: what it means to be black in America. Sent for You Yesterday, the third volume of The Homewood Trilogy, weaves a rich tapestry exploring family, community, and culture, with the issue of race a striking part of the design.
Characters rapple with the social and personal tensions of race, striving to understand their own identities and the cultural history which has affected them. As in life, the people in the novel come in varying shades, from Brother, an albino, to his lover, Samantha, reminiscent of a Zulu...
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