- African American, Twins, fiction, race
Brit Bennett’s chart topping novel, ***The Vanishing Half***, is a story that tracks the lives of twin African American twin sisters who, after witnessing the murder of their father, run away at age 16. One sister begins passing as white and the other sister remains true to her identity. ***The Vanishing Half*** explores the intricacies of identity, family, and race in a provocative, but compassionate way.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Brit Bennett, Brit Bennett
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 376
- Publisher
- John Murray Press, Brit, Bompiani
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9789863448815
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“The morning one of the lost twins returned to Mallard, Lou LeBon ran to the diner to break the news, and even now, many years later, everyone remembers the shock of sweaty Lou pushing through the glass doors, chest heaving, neckline darkened with his own effort.”
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