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020 $a1555534643 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm44461973
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050 00 $aPS3568.O8433$bO74 2000
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aRoss, Fran,$d1935-1985.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00025513
245 10 $aOreo /$cFran Ross ; with a new introduction by Harryette Mullen.
260 $aBoston :$bNortheastern University Press,$c2000.
300 $axxviii, 212 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNortheastern library of Black literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxviii).
520 1 $a"Born to a Jewish father and black mother who divorce before she is two, Oreo grows up in Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents while her mother tours with a theatrical troupe. Soon after puberty, Oreo heads for New York with a pack on her back to search for her father, but in the big city she soon discovers that there are dozens of Sam Schwartzes in the phone book. Oreo's mission turns into a wickedly humorous picaresque quest, reminiscent of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus. This is an ambitious and playful narrative that challenges not only the accepted notions of race, ethnicity, and identity, but also those of the novelistic form itself."--BOOK JACKET.
830 0 $aNortheastern library of Black literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88500172
852 00 $bglx$hPS3568.O8433$iO74 2000