We Cast a Shadow

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

earliest edition we have, 1920 Oneworld Publications, 1920 352 pages

"'You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before.' This is the seductive promise of Dr. Nzinga's clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body--if you can afford it. In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more resident...

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We Cast a Shadow hardcover · 2019 · One World · 336 pages · 9780525509066
We Cast a Shadow edition · 1920 · Oneworld Publications · 352 pages · 9780525509073

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