The Matter Is Life

The Matter Is Life - Paperback

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The Matter Is Life - Paperback

The Matter Is Life - Paperback

by J. California Cooper
$19.00
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Book Overview

by J. California Cooper (Author)

American Book Award-winner J. California Cooper spins insight and irony into modern-day parables about simple people who love too little and too late, and about those who toil and struggle against a difficult and often hostile environment. This fourth collection of Cooper's unforgettable stories is alternately charming, disturbing, poignant, and humorous.

Front Jacket

A fourth collection of stories by the award-winning author.

Author Biography

J. California Cooper is the author of four novels and six collections of stories. She was honored as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.

Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.55 x 8 x 5.38 IN
Publication Date: September 13, 1992
ISBN9780385411745
Author J. California Cooper
PublisherKnopf Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 1992
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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