Unicorn woman
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9780807030035
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| Grouped Work ID | 43db1d4e-c672-a160-de41-61a8d023cccd |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | unicorn woman |
| Grouping Author | gayl jones |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-08-22 05:08:41AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-08-22 05:16:14AM |
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Jones, Gayl
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Jones, Gayl
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"Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII South, narrated by a Black soldier who returns to Jim Crow and searches for a mythical ideal. Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Gayl Jones follows the witty but perplexing army veteran Buddy Ray Guy as he embodies the fate of Black soldiers who return, not in glory, but into their Jim Crow communities. A cook and tractor repairman, Buddy was known as Budweiser to his army pals because he's a wise guy. But underneath that surface, he is a true self-educated intellectual and a classic seeker: looking for religion, looking for meaning, looking for love. As he moves around the south, from his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, primarily, to his second home of Memphis, Tennessee, he recalls his love affairs in post-war France and encounters with a variety of colorful characters and mythical prototypes: circus barkers, topiary trimmers, landladies who provide shelter and plenty of advice for their all-Black clientele, proto feminists, and bigots. The lead among these characters is, of course, The Unicorn Woman, who exists, but mostly lives in Bud's private mythology. Jones offers a rich, intriguing exploration of Black (and Indigenous) people in a time and place of frustration, disappointment, and spiritual hope"--
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JONES
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Wake County Public Libraries
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9780807030035
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2024
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Beacon Press
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African American veterans -- Fiction
African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Novels
Segregation -- Fiction
Southern States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Fiction
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Fiction
African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Novels
Segregation -- Fiction
Southern States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Fiction
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Fiction
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Unicorn woman
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Unicorn woman / Gayl Jones
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Unicorn woman
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African American veterans
African Americans
Race relations
Segregation
Social conditions
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
African Americans
Race relations
Segregation
Social conditions
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
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