The House Behind the Cedars

Description:

"The House Behind the Cedars tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a riveting portrait of the shifting and intractable nature of race in American life. This edition revitalizes a much-neglected masterpiece by one of our most important African-American writers."--Jacket.

subjects: Fiction,  Passing (Identity),  African American women,  Racially mixed people,  Racism,  African Americans,  Classic Literature,  Racially mixed people -- Fiction,  Social conditions,  History,  Fiction, general,  Southern states, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Large type books,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, family life, general,  Fiction, psychological,  Southern States in fiction,  Racism in fiction,  African American women in fiction,  African Americans in fiction,  Racially mixed people in fiction,  Fiction, family life,  General,  Jewish,  Christian,  Biographical,  Political,  Medical,  Suspense,  Science Fiction,  Religious,  Psychological,  Occult & Supernatural,  Mystery & Detective,  Hard-Boiled,  Historical,  Fantasy,  Race relations,  Social aspects,  Color

Places: Southern States,  United States,  North Carolina

Times: 1865-1877