The House Behind the Cedars

<strong>The House Behind the Cedars</strong> which many consider Charles Chesnutts64257nest novel tells of John and Lena Walden mulatto siblings who passfor whi... » 

The House Behind the Cedars which many consider Charles Chesnutts64257nest novel tells of John and Lena Walden mulatto siblings who passfor white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as theytravel between black and white worlds constitutes a riveting portrait of theshifting and intractable nature of race in American life. This editionrevitalizes a muchneglected masterpiece by one of our most important AfricanAmerican writers. As Werner Sollors writes William Dean Howells did notoverstate his case when he compared Chesnutts works with those by TurgenevMaupassant and James . . . and Chesnutt has become one of the most importantcrossover authors from the AfricanAmerican tradition. From the TradePaperback edition. «