7.8 /10 1 Votes
Language English Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 0-7867-1947-8 Originally published 2007 Publisher Carroll & Graf Publishers | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 2007 Pages 295 pp OCLC 123444197 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genres Fiction, Novel, Speculative fiction Nominations Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, Lambda Literary Award for Men's Fiction Similar Samuel R Delany books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bookmarks junot diaz on dark reflections by samuel r delany
Dark Reflections is a novel by Samuel R. Delany, published in 2007 by Carroll & Graf, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group. In 2008 it received a Stonewall Book Award and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction.
Contents
Plot
Dark Reflections tells the story of Arnold Hawley, a gay, African-American poet who lives most of his life in New York City. The novel is divided into three sections, each illustrating a period in Arnold's life. Where most novels would start in youth and move towards old age, Dark Reflections begins, instead, with Arnold between the ages of 52 and 68, then moves backwards to his middle 30's, and finally recounts his early college days.
Themes
Dark Reflections centers on themes of loneliness, sexual repression, fear, and the difficult and often unrewarding life of the artist. As in many other Delany works, a writer is a character in the novel, in this case the protagonist.