Through the Ivory Gate

By Rita Dove

Book Overview

A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, about an artist on a journey of self-discovery--navigating a family secret, racism, and the conflict between marriage and career.

"Skillfully evokes the mood of a decade when social change seemed not only possible but imminent." --Washington Post Book World

When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means grappling with artistic ambition, memories of rejected love, and shocking truths about her family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679742409
• ISBN13: 9780679742401
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"