Zagrowsky Tells (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Grace Paley
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Interracial relationships, Prejudices or antipathies, Jews or Jewish life, Grandparents or grandchildren
In “Zagrowsky Tells,” Paley's recurring character Faith appears again but in a secondary and not necessarily flattering role. The focus is on Zagrowsky, a retired Jewish pharmacist, as he sits in the park with his grandson, a black child named Emanuel.
Faith, a former customer whom Zagrowsky has not seen in years, approaches him and asks him about the boy. He begins to explain how he has come to have a black grandson, and as they reminisce about their shared past in the community he confronts her for having led a protest against him for supposedly racist practices. He denies...
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