Be-Bop, Re-Bop

By Xam Cartier

"Compelling...Ms. Cartier joins the ranks of Afro-American writers-among them Ralph Ellison and Ntozake Shange-whose works demonstrate the deep connections between music and narrative." NEW YORK TIMES... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345367642
• ISBN13: 9780345367648
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

cool as Miles, warm as Ella

this book was a serendipitous find. I picked it up at a fleamarket for a quarter. It was a deligtful discovery. Ms.(?) Cartier is a clever, gifted writer. The narrative is fast-paced and swift. There are many surprising wordplays in this book. I found myself stopping to smile at her use of language. This is a jazz novel par excellence. She introduces Double and Vole through their daughter who narrates the novel. Double is an urban sage while Vole is a social climber worrying about moving ahead in society. The daughter gets bused to a white school and faces the bigotry of American society. it follows on to The daughters own marriage. She now is a parent of a young child. This multigenerational view is rewarding. It gives one an honest view of the trials and tribulations facing minorities in America.