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Belle Greene  Cover Image Book Book

Belle Greene / Alexandra Lapierre ; translated from the French by Tina Kover.

Lapierre, Alexandra, (author.). Kover, Tina A., (translator.).

Summary:

"New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J.P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a secret. Although she looks white, she is African American, the daughter of a famous black activist who sees her desire to hide her origins as the consummate betrayal. Torn between history's ineluctable imperatives and the freedom to belong to the society of her choosing, Belle's drama, which plays out in a violently racist America, is one that resonates forcefully, and illuminatingly even today. The fruit of years of research and interviews, Alexandra Lapierre's magnificent novel recounts the struggles, victories, and heartbreaks of a woman who is free, astonishingly determined, daring, and fully, exuberantly alive."-- Publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781609457587 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 524 pages, 16 unnumbered of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in French: Paris : Flammarion, 2021.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Language Note:
Translated from the French.
Subject: Greene, Belle da Costa > Fiction.
Pierpont Morgan Library > Fiction.
African American women librarians > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
Librarians > Fiction.
Passing (Identity) > United States > Fiction.
Racism against Black people > United States > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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