Word: mother
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...friends of the American history professor, Suwelo's deceased uncle. He meets them when he goes to dispose of his uncle's property. They bring him food and mow the lawn, and when he invites them in to talk, he finds that his dinner is being cooked by a mother goddess who has spent countless lifetimes in Africa and America, and mowing his lawn is her longtime companion...
...other couple, the musician Arveyda and his Latin American wife Carlotta, split up when Arveyda has an affair with Carlotta's mother, Zede, and runs away to South America with her. He comes back, but in the meantime, Carlotta is able to have an affair with Suwelo...
...point in the book, Jeremy's mother and object of his Oedipal complex "said in her entire life she'd met only one person more self-involved." The narrator is terribly self-involved, and the narrative cannot help but be overbearing...
...wanted to connect with my ultimate ancestor, our common mother," Walker said, explaining the motive behind the work...
Describing Lissie, Walker compared the omniscience of the mother goddess to that of the spirit in Walker's Pulitzer-winning The Color Purple...