March 30, 2009

Dreams

We've been reading Cane by Jean Toomer in my literature class. There are three parts to this book, the two first parts being a mix of short works of prose and of poems, and the third part being a play. The book, written in 1923, is about black people and their constant struggle with their identity. The first part takes place in the South, the second part in the North and the third part makes us return to the South. It is a very bleak book, very well written. Something worth checking out.

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