num_pages: 240
description: “Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative.” —Toni MorrisonExpanding the canon of African American literature, alongside Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, and Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Sherley Anne Williams’ critically acclaimed and unforgettable Dessa Rose is a novel of two powerfully conceived female protagonists forging a vital friendship in the face of racial divides in the antebellum South.
language: English
title: Dessa Rose
titlecomplete: Dessa Rose
genres: Historical, Classics, African American, Novels, Southern, Historical Fiction, Fiction, African American Literature, Race, College
ratings_count: 938
places: Alabama
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks