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Balcony Stories

Balcony Stories

King, Grace E.

Paperback

Historical FiguresFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1162654457
ISBN13: 9781162654454
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Balcony Stories is a collection of short stories written by Grace E. King. The book is set in New Orleans and explores the lives of the city's diverse inhabitants. The stories are told from the perspective of the residents who live in the balconies of the city's historic buildings. The characters include Creole aristocrats, African American servants, and working-class immigrants. The stories touch on themes of race, class, and gender in early 20th century New Orleans. The book is a snapshot of a unique time and place in American history and provides a glimpse into the lives of people who are often overlooked in literature. The writing is lyrical and evocative, capturing the essence of New Orleans and its people. Overall, Balcony Stories is a must-read for anyone interested in Southern literature or the history of New Orleans.She said she had, and in truth she had, no other name than little Mammy; and that was the name of her nature. Pure African, but bronze rather than pure black, and full-sized only in width, her growth having been hampered as to height by an injury to her hip, which had lamed her, pulling her figure awry, and burdening her with a protuberance of the joint. Her mother caused it by dropping her when a baby, and concealing it, for fear of punishment, until the dislocation became irremediable. All the animosity of which little Mammy was capable centered upon this unknown but never-to-be-forgotten mother of hers; out of this hatred had grown her love--that is, her destiny, a woman's love being her destiny. Little Mammy's love was for children.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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