In this Book
- Scissors, Paper, Rock: A Novel
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
- Series: Kentucky Voices
summary
Along with his siblings, Raphael Hardin left his childhood home in rural Kentucky. Grappling with an AIDS diagnosis, he returns to care for his dying father. Told from the perspectives of Raphael, his family, and their lifelong neighbor, Fenton Johnson's landmark novel reveals the blood struggles and binding loves of a broken family made whole.
Table of Contents
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- High Bridge
- pp. 1-20
- Back Where She Came From
- pp. 21-39
- Little Deaths
- pp. 40-57
- All Fall Down
- pp. 58-77
- The Way Things Will Always Be
- pp. 78-90
- Scissors, Paper, Rock
- pp. 136-196
- Some Kind of Family
- pp. 197-208
- Miss Camilla Speaks
- pp. 212-246
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 253-258
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813166575
Related ISBN(s)
9780813166568, 9780813166582
MARC Record
OCLC
936204631
Pages
274
Launched on MUSE
2016-02-12
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2021
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