![]() ![]() ![]() Literature about the Black middle-class has tended to be self-consciously critical, defensive and guilt-ridden. The book is mislabeled a "novel" it is really a collection of finely shaped autobiographical short stories-some of which have appeared in The New Yorker-that could stand alone, but are held together by the common themes of confusion, intellectuality, the Black bourgeoisie and the civil rights movement. ![]() It also never mentioned the fact that its author "happened to be Black." Fortunately, Lee chose to write about her background in Sarah Phillips. ANDREA LEE'S first book, Russian Journal, received unanimous praise and was nominated for a National Book Award. ![]()
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