Through the Ivory Gate

A novel

By:

Rita Dove

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Vintage contemporaries

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A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, about an artist on a journey of self-discovery-navigating a family secret, racism, and the conflict between marriage and career. "Skillfully evokes the mood of a decade when social change seemed not only possible but imminent." -Washington Post Book World When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means grappling with artistic ambition, memories of rejected love, and shocking truths about her family.

Author Biography:

Rita Dove, poet laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. She wrote the novelThrough the Ivory Gate, as well as a collection of stories, a verse drama, a book of essays, and five books of poetry, among themThomas and Beulah, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. The recipient of numerous literary fellowships and awards, she is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia and lives near Charlottesville with her husband, Fred Viebahn, and their daughter, Aviva.

Release date NZ

October 5th, 1993

Author

Rita Dove

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

288

Series

Vintage contemporaries

Dimensions

133x201x15

ISBN-13

9780679742401

Product ID

1677703

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