Summary
Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.
Additional Information
| Series | New Directions paperbook |
| Subjects |
Racially mixed people
-- Fiction.
African American girls -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. Jewish girls -- Fiction. Birthfathers -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. |
| Publisher | New York :New Directions Books,2015 |
| Edition | First New Directions paperback edition. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
xvii, 230 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (page 230). |
| ISBN | 9780811223225 0811223221 |
| Other | Classic View |