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A review by cocoaqueenk
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
4.0
"‘See, God favors the righteous. He favors us with words!…. Words, boy! Not a pistol or knife or cannon lingering in the whole bunch! Just words, passed from one ear to the next! Oh, yes, I wish I was lettered. Them.. words just lingers in my mind. They floats about me from day to day. Just… words they is. But powerful enough. Righteous, I’d say. Them… words got bone in ’em!….'”
-The Fish Man Angel
Many familiar with the work of National Book Award winning author James McBride, note that this ten-story collection dynamically strikes upon his “obsessions“: race, masculinity, and war. I, however, entered this collection unfamiliar with McBride’s work, though I had heard his name. I picked this book up from the shelf because I was intrigued by the title, and I purchased the book because of the dedication, To Sonny Rollins, who showed me the Big Picture.
So, I began the not knowing what expect. The stories are linked by the themes of race, masculinity, and war. But there is also a common thread on the power of words....
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-The Fish Man Angel
Many familiar with the work of National Book Award winning author James McBride, note that this ten-story collection dynamically strikes upon his “obsessions“: race, masculinity, and war. I, however, entered this collection unfamiliar with McBride’s work, though I had heard his name. I picked this book up from the shelf because I was intrigued by the title, and I purchased the book because of the dedication, To Sonny Rollins, who showed me the Big Picture.
So, I began the not knowing what expect. The stories are linked by the themes of race, masculinity, and war. But there is also a common thread on the power of words....
Read full review here