The Book of Colors - Barfield, Raymond
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On the outskirts of Memphis, Yslea wanders past three rundown row houses, their residents sitting on their respective porches, and asks for a glass of water. And so begins her relationship with the three neighbors: Jimmy, a butcher with desires for more than his life provides; reticent Layla and her daughter, Ambrosia, who rocks incessantly and is obsessed with a book of colors; and Rose, an old woman who is dying. A short-lived relationship with Jimmy leaves Yslea pregnant, and she moves in to take care of Rose and finds herself in a position of waiting for the beginning of one life and the end of another.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
On the outskirts of Memphis, Yslea wanders past three rundown row houses, their residents sitting on their respective porches, and asks for a glass of water. And so begins her relationship with the three neighbors: Jimmy, a butcher with desires for more than his life provides; reticent Layla and her daughter, Ambrosia, who rocks incessantly and is obsessed with a book of colors; and Rose, an old woman who is dying. A short-lived relationship with Jimmy leaves Yslea pregnant, and she moves in to take care of Rose and finds herself in a position of waiting for the beginning of one life and the end of another.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Raymond Barfield is a pediatric oncologist at Duke University School of Medicine and Associate Professor of philosophy at Duke Divinity School. He also works with the Institute on Care at the End of Life at Duke Divinity Schoolthe Institute's work crosses disciplines and focuses on the intersection of spirituality and medicine. Ray has a book out from Cambridge University Press, The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy, and he's working on a nonfiction trade book that explores the intersection of spirituality, philosophy and science. He also has a book of poetry that was just published in October. It's his work with low-income African American children at Duke University Hospital and his previous experience in the ERs of Atlanta and Memphis inner-city hospitals that make him so familiar with the protagonist in The Book of Colors.