{"product_id":"the-house-behind-the-cedars-paperback","title":"The House Behind the Cedars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Chesnutt was perhaps the most influential African-American fiction writer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e, his dramatic masterpiece, was crafted during the tumultuous post-Civil War era in the South, when many in white society feared the evils of interracial relationships. Boldly, with vivid detail and memorable characters, this novel explores the practice of passing, as John and Rena Walden, two light-skinned African Americans, step over the color line to share in the American Dream.\u003cbr\u003eConceived by a novelist who himself had once considered passing, \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars\u003c\/i\u003e continues as one of the bravest, most compelling, and most important explorations of racism in American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's first great African-American novelists, Charles Chesnutt (1858-1932) exposed the harsh dimensions of Southern prejudice before and after the Civil War. Powerful and passionate, his novels present richly imagined characters, both black and white, striving to make better lives for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.31 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756223430944,"sku":"9780486461441","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0f1f1795a1d3e21202369ceb947a82d3.webp?v=1780076767","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-house-behind-the-cedars-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}