Book
The time of our singing
Call Number
- FICTION POWE (CEN)
Edition
First Picador edition.
Publication Information
New York : Picador, 2004.
Physical Description
631 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"Jonah, Ruth and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents determined to raise them beyond time, beyond identity, steeped in song. Yet they cannot be protected from the world forever. Even as Jonah becomes a successful young tenor, the opera arena remains fixated on his race. Ruth turns her back on classical music and disappears, dedicating herself to activism and a new relationship. As the years pass, Joseph--the middle child, a pianist and our narrator--must battle not just to remain connected to his siblings, but to forge a future of his own. This is a story of the tragedy of race in America, told through the lives and choices of one family caught on the cusp of identities."--Provided by publisher.
Notes
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2003.