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.
| ISBN: | 9780679742401 |
| Publication date: | 5th October 1993 |
| Author: | Rita Dove |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Family Drama |
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 WorldWhen 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.
Through the Ivory Gate features in the following genres: General Fiction, Family Drama
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Through the Ivory Gate was written by Rita Dove and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Through the Ivory Gate has 278 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Contemporaries series
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