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Understand This

by Jervey Tervalon
Understand This

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ISBN13: 9780520223554
ISBN10: 0520223551



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"Gritty and gripping, Understand This marks the debut of a powerful new voice in American fiction."—Henry Louis Gates Jr., author of The Signifying Monkey

"Lean, wire-tight, and dazzlingly structured, Tervalon's Understand This is a book for our times."—José Saldívar, author of Border Matters

Synopsis

Jervey Tervalon's novel about young people in South Central Los Angeles grows out of his experience teaching in a high school there and his pain at the death of one of his favorite students.

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Jervey Tervalon teaches English at California State University, Los Angeles. His most recent novel is Dead Above Ground (2000).

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ISBN:
9780520223554
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
10/26/2000
Publisher:
University of California Press
Series info:
California Fiction
Language:
English
Pages:
271
Height:
.70IN
Width:
5.53IN
LCCN:
32581
Series:
California Fiction
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2000
Series Volume:
104-493
UPC Code:
2800520223556
Foreword:
Richard Yarborough
Author:
Jervey Tervalon
Author:
Richard Yarborough
Author:
Richard Yarborough
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
African American teenagers
Subject:
Los angeles (calif.)
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Afro-American teenagers
Subject:
Los angeles
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Afro-americans

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