File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postco_1995/postco_Jul.95, message 42


Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 08:08:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: JoAnn Ruvoli <jruvoli-AT-orion.it.luc.edu>
Subject: Re: novels and psyche




On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Claudia Tate wrote:

> I am looking for recent novels by black men that engage the inner world 
> or psychoanalysis.  If you have any suggestions, please forward to me.  
> Thanks.
> 
> ***peace***
> Claudia Tate       Department of English, George Washington University 

"If he hollers let him go"  by Chester Himes is about a LosAngeles Black 
man (told from his POV) during WW2.  I recommend it highly.  It is rich 
in historical detail as well as giving a vivid portrait of the 
character's interior world.

JoAnne Ruvoli
Loyola University



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