In Search of Satisfaction
J. California Cooper
The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but through four collections of short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper has proven that hers is a wholly original talent --one that embraces readers in an ever-widening circle from one book to the next. With *In Search Of Satisfaction*, Cooper gracefully portrays men and women, some good and others wickedly twisted, caught in their individual thickets of want and need. On a once-grand plantation in Yoville, "a legal town-ship founded by the very rich for their own personal use," a freed slave named Josephus fathers two daughters, Ruth and Yinyang, by two different women. His desire, to give Yinyang and himself money and opportunities, oozes through the family like an elixir, melding with the equally strong yearnings of Yoville's other residents, whose tastes don't complement their neighbors'. What Josephus buries in his life affects generations to come. J. California Cooper's unfettered view of sin, forgiveness, and redemption gives *In Search Of Satisfaction* a singular richness that belies its universal themes.
*From the Trade Paperback edition.*
### From Publishers Weekly
Cooper details a family saga in which two half-sisters attempt to come to grips with their father's legacy.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
### From Library Journal
Cooper's newest work may provoke strong emotions but not much sympathy for the often misguided townspeople of Yoville, where Josephus, a freed slave, schemes to gain money and seek opportunities for himself and his daughter, Yinyang. Readers may be disgusted by the unbelievable display of greed, best exemplified by Carlene-the queen of avarice-or bored by the sometimes irritatingly didactic tone. On the other hand, they will relish Cooper's credible rendition of Southern speech patterns, for which she has been heartily praised. Although readers "in search of satisfaction" may not find it here, they should still scrutinize this award-winning author's earlier works, including, most recently, The Matter Is Life (LJ 6/1/91) and Family (LJ 12/90).
*Faye A. Chadwell, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia*
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
*From the Trade Paperback edition.*
### From Publishers Weekly
Cooper details a family saga in which two half-sisters attempt to come to grips with their father's legacy.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
### From Library Journal
Cooper's newest work may provoke strong emotions but not much sympathy for the often misguided townspeople of Yoville, where Josephus, a freed slave, schemes to gain money and seek opportunities for himself and his daughter, Yinyang. Readers may be disgusted by the unbelievable display of greed, best exemplified by Carlene-the queen of avarice-or bored by the sometimes irritatingly didactic tone. On the other hand, they will relish Cooper's credible rendition of Southern speech patterns, for which she has been heartily praised. Although readers "in search of satisfaction" may not find it here, they should still scrutinize this award-winning author's earlier works, including, most recently, The Matter Is Life (LJ 6/1/91) and Family (LJ 12/90).
*Faye A. Chadwell, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia*
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Год:
1994
Издательство:
Anchor
Язык:
english
ISBN 13:
9780385467858
ISBN:
D75AA805-06DC-4B18-8854-E2F94E9E9F56
Файл:
EPUB, 445 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1994