The Conjure Woman
Start Publishing LLC · Paperback · January 3, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Seven stories bring the racial issues of the postwar South into sharp focus.
- Genres
- Black Historical Fiction, Short Stories (Single Author), African American Literary Collections
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, January 3, 2013
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Start with this bookAbout this book
The Conjure Woman is the title of an 1899 collection of seven stories by Charles W. Chesnutt, an important African American writer from the post-Civil War South; it was his first book. The stories deal with the racial issues facing the South after the war.
Stories After War
Seven stories bring the racial issues of the postwar South into sharp focus.
Come here for
- A landmark African American writer’s view of the postwar South
- Short fiction with cultural and historical resonance
Expect
- A collection rooted in the South after the Civil War
- A layered entry point into Charles W. Chesnutt’s early work
Where it sits
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 61% |
|---|---|
| African American Literary Collections | 51% |
| Black Historical Fiction | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Black Mystery
- Authors
- Charles W. Chesnutt
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- January 3, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction