Oreo By Fran Ross

Oreos quest is to find her father and discover the secret of her birth.

Oreo by fran ross. The book has since acquired cult classic status. Its humor irony satire and sarcasm has an incendiary sociological truth as the best stand up comedy used to do and sometimes still does. Fran ross 19351985 grew up in philadelphia. Fran ross june 25 1935 september 17 1985 was an african american author best known for her novel oreo.

She wrote oreo while working as a proofreader and journalist and then moved to los angeles to write for richard pryor. It is a minefield of irreverent wit with laughs detonating from every paragraph. Fran ross oreo is an incredible novel that lays the common overlooked magic of racial and cultural mixings assimilation and multiple identity bare. The first time i read fran rosss hilarious badass novel oreo i was living on fort greene place in brooklyn in a community of people i thought of as the dreadlocked elite.

What ensues in fran rosss opus is a playful modernized parody of the classical odyssey of theseus with a feminist twist immersed in seventies pop culture and mixing standard english black vernacular and yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. She briefly wrote comedy for richard pryor. Fran ross was an african american author best known for her novel oreo. Born on june 25 1935 in philadelphia she was the eldest daughter of gerald ross a store clerk and bernatta bass ross a welder.

Free uk pp over 10 online orders only. It is a picaresque adventure heralding one of the. Oreo is a satirical novel published in 1974 by fran ross a journalist and briefly a comedy writer for richard pryorthe novel addressing issues of a mixed heritage child was considered before its time and went out of print until harryette mullen rediscovered the novel and brought it out of obscurity. Danzy senna is the author of several books including the award winning novel caucasia.

Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe and her jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. Phone orders min. Born on june 25 1935 in philadelphia she was the eldest daughter of gerald ross a welder and bernetta bass ross a store clerkrecognized for her scholastic artistic and athletic talents she earned a scholarship to.