Resultados para "Quest" en Afroamericana

Cotton, or the silver fleece, could be the answer to all of Zora and Bles’ problems in overcoming poverty. But being African American at the dawn of the twentieth century has disadvantages. White aristocracy is determined to control the resource and monopolize the market. Can the two lovers overcome their obstacles?

W. E. B. Du Bois considered his first novel, The Quest of the Silver Fleece, to be an “economic study” of the post-Reconstruction relationship between the North and the South, but this first foray into fiction proves itself to be much more than that. Filled with literary realism, social commentary, and romance, Silver Fleece chronicles the love story between Zora, a free-spirited Black girl from a Southern swamp, and Bles, a Black man educated in the North.

Tabatha, the Chosen One, embarks on a journey of self-discovery that is fraught with betrayal, and unexpected twists. As she struggles to harness her powers, Tabatha's trust in the wrong person sets off a chain of events that threatens to tear apart her newfound family, Eli, and Talia. Meanwhile, Eli and Talia grapple with their own demons, trying to find their way back to each other after years of separation.