John Woman

Resource Information

The work John Woman represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

John Woman

Statement of responsibility

Walter Mosley

Creator

• Mosley, Walter

Author

• Mosley, Walter

Subject

• Colleges and universities -- Faculty -- Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Domestic fiction
• FICTION -- African American | General
• FICTION -- Literary
• False personation
• False personation -- Fiction
• Father-son relationship -- Fiction
• Fathers and sons
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• Fiction
• Hommes noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Mystery fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• New York (State) -- New York
• Psychological fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Pères et fils -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Secrecy
• Secrecy -- Fiction
• Secret -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Supposition de personne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Thrillers (Fiction.)
• Universities and colleges -- Faculty
• African American men
• Universités -- Corps enseignant -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Fiction
• African American men -- Fiction

Genre

• Mystery fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Romans, nouvelles, etc
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Thrillers (Fiction.)
• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

At twelve years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's East Village. Five years later, as Herman lives out his last days, he shares his wisdom with his son, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After his father dies and his mother disappears, Cornelius sets about reinventing himself--as Professor John Woman, a man who will spread Herman's teachings into the classrooms of his unorthodox southwestern university and beyond. But there are other individuals who are attempting to influence the narrative of John Woman, and who might know something about the facts of his hidden past

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Language note

In English

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult