Reba Paeff Mirsky (1902–1966)
Autor(a) de Thirty One Brothers and Sisters
About the Author
Obras de Reba Paeff Mirsky
House Music: Eleven Pieces for Recorder Trio 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 04: Just Around the Corner (1900) — Contribuinte — 155 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1902-05-25
- Data de falecimento
- 1966-11-22
- Local de enterro
- Moses Mendelsohn Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Educação
- Radcliffe College (AB)
Harvard University - Ocupação
- musician
teacher
author - Relacionamentos
- Mirsky, Jonathan (offspring)
- Premiações
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1953)
Membros
Resenhas
Seven Grandmothers de reba paeff mirsky
The sequel to Thirty One Brothers and Sisters, Nomusa is thinking of a career, as a witch doctor. At the same time, she meets Buselapi, a nurse. Ever unconventional, Nomusa violates a Zulu taboo and spies on the manhood ritual in which her brother Mdingi has his ears pierced. Mdingi's ears become dangerously infected and Nomusa wonders if it's a result of her having spied on the ceremony. When the witch doctor is unable to cure Mdingi, she asks for her father to send for Buselapi who was able to cure the infection, inspiring Nomusa to become a nurse.… (mais)
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- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 271
- Popularidade
- #85,376
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 11