Porgy |
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| Author:
| Heyward, DuBose
Hutchisson, James M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57806-356-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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The fictional characters of Porgy, Bess, Black Maria, Sportin' Life, and the other Gullah denizens of Catfish Row have attained a mythic status. This novel is the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar in the black tenement. Unwashed and un-wanted, he lives just on the edge of subsistence and trusts his fate to the gods and chance.
The fictional characters of Porgy, Bess, Black Maria, Sportin' Life, and the other Gullah denizens of Catfish Row have attained a mythic status. This novel is the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar in the black tenement. Unwashed and un-wanted, he lives just on the edge of subsistence and trusts his fate to the gods and chance.