It was on Martha's Vineyard that Dorothy West (1907-1998) met Jacqueline Onassis, who was to become the editor of
Marriage
(1995), a return to fiction after years of silence.
Anecdote, obviously, but which shows that Dorothy West, an important figure, alongside Richard Wright, of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1930s, had her way onto the island of “
beautiful people
” celebrated by Fitzgerald: she had been there raised in a house owned by her parents, and was part of the flourishing black bourgeoisie that she portrays in her final novel.
To discover
Crosswords, Sudoku, 7 Letters... Keep your mind alert with Le Figaro Games
The Wedding
can be read as a family comedy: in 1953, all the descendants of old Gram gather in their old house on the island to celebrate the marriage of the great-granddaughter, Shelby, a pretty blonde with blue eyes.
But Gram, who lives in the Oval, the rich black and ultra-snob neighborhood of Martha's Vineyard, a sort of reverse ghetto, is white, the daughter of an old…
This article is reserved for subscribers.
You have 72% left to discover.
Flash sale
Unlock all items immediately.
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in