# Through the Ivory Gate

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- Book: [Through the Ivory Gate](https://www.bookquiver.com/rita-dove/through-the-ivory-gate) ([Through the Ivory Gate.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rita-dove/through-the-ivory-gate.md))
- Authors: [Rita Dove](https://www.bookquiver.com/rita-dove)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-240-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 1993-10-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, about an artist on a journey of self-discovery—navigating a family secret, racism, and the conflict between marriage and career....