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Music
At various points throughout Another Brooklyn, August sees music—and specifically jazz—as an embodiment of the struggle to survive hardship and sorrow. At the beginning of the novel, she looks back on her life and…
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The Urn
The urn that contains the ashes of August’s mother is symbolic of August’s longstanding denial amid her grief. In a conversation with her father, August refers to the urn as a “jar,” refusing…
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