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OverviewA ""tattoo"" is a bugle call, a summoning that lingers in the ear. Although Hortense Calisher's family eventually migrated north to New York City, the echoes of their days as a slave-owning Jewish family in the South still resonate with this acclaimed author, who uncovers a part of history never before so strongly and tenderly revealed. Calisher traces her family's years in the South and their transformative move up north, beautifully evoking the mood and texture of the early twentieth century. Her Virginia-born father, a perfume manufacturer, was twenty-two years older than her German-born mother. Marked by longer-than-normal gaps between the generations and conflicts between the mercantile and the scholarly, the ""American"" and the émigré, her family is characterized by Calisher as ""volcanic to meditative to fruitfully dull, and bound to produce someone interested in character, society, and time."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hortense CalisherPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 18.70cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9780156032032ISBN 10: 0156032031 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 November 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsPRAISE FOR TATTOO FOR A SLAVE <br> This is belles-lettres as bete noire: its meaning sneaks up from behind and stuns you by degrees. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> Calisher's courage and high style would be a marvel at any age. -- O, The Oprah Magazine <br> PRAISE FOR TATTOO FOR A SLAVE <br><br> This is belles-lettres as bete noire: its meaning sneaks up from behind and stuns you by degrees. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> Calisher's courage and high style would be a marvel at any age. -- O, The Oprah Magazine <br> PRAISE FOR TATTOO FOR A SLAVE <br><br> This is belles-lettres as bete noire: its meaning sneaks up from behind and stuns you by degrees. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> Calisher's courage and high style would be a marvel at any age. -- O, The Oprah Magazine <br> Author InformationHORTENSE CALISHER is past president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and PEN. Three-time finalist for the National Book Award, she is the author of many novels and short stories. She lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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