Juneteenth: A Novel

Ellison, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0375707549 / ISBN 13: 9780375707544

Published by New York: Random House, 1999, New York, 1999

About this Item

Printed Wraps. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 354 pp. Edited by John F. Callahan. Advance reading copy with blurbs laid in. Near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Juneteenth: A Novel
• Publisher: New York: Random House, 1999, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375707549
• ISBN 13: 9780375707544
• Binding: Printed Wraps
• Edition: Advance Reading Copy
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Advanced Reading Copy (ARC)

About this title

Synopsis

From the author of bestselling Invisible Man—the classic novel of African-American experience—this long-awaited second novel tells an evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. Brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master.

"Tell me what happened while there's still time," demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals? 

Here is the master of American vernacular at the height of his powers, evoking the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech.

"An extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall." —Newsday

About the Author

Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City in 1914. He is the author of the novel Invisible Man (1952), winner of the National Book Award and one of the most important and influential American novels of the twentieth century, as well as numerous essays and short stories. He died in New York City in 1994.

John F. Callahan is Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He is the editor of the Modern Library edition of The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison and is literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate.