Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition) - Softcover

Walker, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0544812123 ISBN 13: 9780544812123

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics, 2016

Synopsis

A 50th anniversary edition of Margaret Walker's best-selling classic with a foreword by Nikki Giovanni

“Chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage.” —New York Times Book Review

Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the South’s antebellum opulence and to its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction. Weaving her own family’s oral history with thirty years of research, Margaret Walker’s novel brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light. Jubilee churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history.

About this title

Book Description:

Mariner paperback 1999, Previous ISBN 978-0-395-92495-2

From the Publisher:

This stunningly different Civil War novel boasts a heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Daughter of the white plantation owner and his beloved black mistress, Vyry was conceived, born and reared to womanhood behind the House. Stepped in knowledge of and feeling for the times and the people, Jubilee is a magnificent tale told with devastating truth.

"A revelation." -- Milwaukee Journal

"If you are fed up right to the hairline with Civil War books--'even good ones'--you'll still do yourself a favor by picking up Jubilee." -- Chicago Tribune

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0544812123
• ISBN 13: 9780544812123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528