Cane
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'Cane' explores spiritual and emotional frustration, failure of basic communication between individuals, and repression of natural energies. It reveals the chaos of contemporary black American life and calls for a spiritual awakening. A land mark novel that changed the way America looked at black writers.
I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it. — Alice Walker
This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds. — Maya Angelou
[Toomer avoided] the pitfalls of propaganda and moralizing on the one hand and the snares of a false and hollow race pride on the other hand. — Montgomery Gregory
I love it passionately; could not possibly exist without it. — Alice Walker
This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds. — Maya Angelou
[Toomer avoided] the pitfalls of propaganda and moralizing on the one hand and the snares of a false and hollow race pride on the other hand. — Montgomery Gregory
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