Brown Girl, Brownstones
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Brown Girl, Brownstones is the first novel by the internationally recognized writer Paule Marshall, published in 1959. It is about Barabadian immigrants in Brooklyn, N.Y.
[edit] Plot summary
The somewhat autobiographical story describes the life of Barabadian immigrants in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and then in World War II. The primary characters include Selina and Ina Boyce and their parents, who suffer from racism and extreme poverty.
The book did not gain widespread recognition until it was reprinted in 1981.
[edit] References
- Martin Japtok, "Paule Marshall's 'Brown Girl, Brownstones': reconciling ethnicity and individualism in African American Review, Summer, 1998
- Kimberly W. Benston, "Architectural Imagery and Unity in Paule Marshall's 'Brown Girl, Brownstones' " Negro American Literature Forum, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn, 1975), pp. 67-70
- "Paule Marshall, Brown Girl, Brownstones: Pioneering Change in Literary Study" Conference "honoring Paule Marshall and celebrating the fortieth-anniversary of her seminal work, on Friday, February 12, 1999, at Howard University, Washington, D.C
