Off-White
by Astrid Roemer
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"A sweeping family saga chronicling the inner lives of the women of the Vanta family as they tend to Grandma Bee's declining health, exposing the complexities and tensions of young and old, past and present, homeland and homeland, white and off-white"--Tags
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A bit surprised I haven't encountered this author before; only 'a bit' because I recall how the college reading lists of my youth were organized. It's a rich and complex story, with enough plot to satisfy the surface level and layers of social and historical critique.
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- Canonical title
- Off-White
- Original title
- Gebroken wit
- Original publication date
- 2019
- Original language*
- Nederlands
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.313 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Netherlandish literatures Dutch Dutch fiction
- LCC
- PT5881.28 .O333 .G4313 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Dutch literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 40
- Popularity
- 731,684
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
