Uncle Otto

New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2007. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Octavo in dark brown DJ, 261 pages; 23 cm. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, faint soiling to front board and rear spine edge, light soiling to front free endpaper, ISBN sticker to rear board, bright pages, binding is tight, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly mild rubbing to DJ corners, faint soiling to DJ, else Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-) in Near Fine(-) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780595684267

Inscribed and signed by author (first name only). In weaving fiction and family history alongside historical events, Winfred Cook offers a brilliant literary debut in Uncle Otto. The novel is complex in plot and character development, displaying one of the most sophisticated analyses of black migration from southern rural settings to those of the urban north during the early 20th century in the United States. The joy, struggle, and tragedy that pervades Uncle Otto is the best that contemporary novelists have to offer. African American families -- Arkansas -- Fiction.