Scarlet Sister Mary - Julia Peterkin
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Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the early 20th-century South Carolina Lowcountry. It tells the story of Mary Pinesett, a Gullah woman who, after her husband abandons her, chooses to live freely-embracing motherhood and relationships outside traditional norms. Her defiance leads to her excommunication from the church, earning her the nickname "Scarlet Sister." The novel explores themes of love, spirituality, community, and the challenges of societal judgment, offering a rich and authentic portrayal of African American life and culture during that time.…mehr

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Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the early 20th-century South Carolina Lowcountry. It tells the story of Mary Pinesett, a Gullah woman who, after her husband abandons her, chooses to live freely-embracing motherhood and relationships outside traditional norms. Her defiance leads to her excommunication from the church, earning her the nickname "Scarlet Sister." The novel explores themes of love, spirituality, community, and the challenges of societal judgment, offering a rich and authentic portrayal of African American life and culture during that time.
Autorenporträt
Julia Peterkin (1880-1961) was an American author best known for her vivid depictions of African American life in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Born and raised on a plantation, she developed close ties with the Gullah community, whose traditions and dialect deeply influenced her writing. In 1929, she became the first Southern woman - and one of the first white writers - to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, awarded for Scarlet Sister Mary. Over the course of her career, she published several novels and short story collections, including Black April and Green Thursday, praised for their lyrical prose and attention to the lives of rural Black Southerners. Peterkin's work remains both celebrated and debated: admired for its artistry and historical importance, yet critiqued for its outsider's perspective on the community she sought to portray. Today, she is remembered as a groundbreaking literary figure who captured the complexities of Southern life during a time of profound cultural change.