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Name: The Living Is Easy

Author: Dorothy West
Year: 1948
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Fiction, Classic, Historical fiction

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ISBNs:
9780965392129
9781558611474
0965392120
1558611479

One of only a handful of novels published by black women during the forties, the story of ambitious Cleo Judson is a long-time cult classic. "The Living Is Easy" is delightfully wry and ironic humor--even bitchiness--of the novel coexists with a challenging moral and social complexity.
"A powerful work."--"Essence"
"Dorothy West is a brisk storyteller with an eye for ironic detail...a deft stylist and writer of social satire."--"Ms."
"Long beloved for its wry and ironic humor, this novel continues to delight and challenge readers."--"Feminist Bookstore News"
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Suggested for course use in:
African-American studies
20th-century U.S. literature