The Women

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<p><b>'Magical ... truly original ... Writing of people who limited themselves and died of it, Als has overcome limits' <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> </b></p><p><b>What are the forces that shape us?</b> <b>Hilton Als's brilliant, now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America</b><br><br>In <i>The Women</i>, Hilton Als explores-with breath taking originality-the role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including: his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write; Malcolm X's mother, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's burgeoning misogyny and fear; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men; and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the author's development as a gay man, and thinker.</p><p>Combining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, <i>The Women</i> is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing 'no mercy but every tenderness'. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141999746

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

191 x 129 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)