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Overview

Mary and Veronica are roommates at a fictitious American college where racial stereotypes are reversed. Caucasian Mary belongs to the minority race and black Veronica is a smugly altruistic representative of the majority. In the guise of friendliness, Veronica exploits and finally exhausts Mary while remaining oblivious of her own motives.

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Authors

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates grew up in the countryside outside of Lockport, New York, where she attended a one-room schoolhouse in the elementary grades. As a small child, she told stories instinctively by way of drawing and painting before learning how to write. After receiving the gi ...

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