God Sends Sunday

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God Sends Sunday is a 1931 novel by Arna Bontemps that portrays the life of a self-destructive Black jockey in the post–Civil War American South.

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instanceOf novel
author Arna Bontemps NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts African-American jockeys
horse racing culture in the American South
genre African-American literature
historical fiction
novel
hasTheme African-American experience
freedom and constraint
gambling and risk
race relations in the United States
self-destruction
social mobility
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Little Augie NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOf Harlem Renaissance literature corpus
protagonistEthnicity Black
protagonistOccupation jockey
publicationYear 1931
settingPeriod post–Civil War era
settingRegion American South NERFINISHED
timeSetting late 19th century
writtenBy Arna Bontemps NERFINISHED

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Arna Bontemps notableWork God Sends Sunday