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The Gold Piano

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Overview

The Gold Piano tells the story of Emerson Wainwright, a young man whose idyllic life in a small North Carolina town is turned upside down after his father is caught on videotape in a homosexual act at the county hospital. To escape from his hometown and its painful memories, Emerson enrolls at an under-funded historically black college a hundred miles away, attending on a minority grant. As the only white student living on campus, he struggles with his loneliness and his role as an outsider. His relationship with his roommate, a black activist from Brooklyn, is challenged when Emerson begins to fall in love with Zena, a gifted black artist. The novel's final scenes bring a quiet but hopeful sense of resolution to Emerson's quest to define himself and find his place in the world.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781680030082
  • ISBN-10: 1680030086
  • Publisher: Trp: The University Press of Shsu
  • Publish Date: January 2015
  • Dimensions: 8.54 x 5.49 x 0.92 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.89 pounds
  • Page Count: 312

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