Mumbo Jumbo - Softcover

Reed, Ishmael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689707304 ISBN 13: 9780689707308

Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE, 1989

Synopsis

The Classic Freewheeling Look at Race Relations Through the Ages

Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African-American authors, mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Cited by literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred most significant books in the Western canon, Mumbo Jumbo is a trenchant and often biting look at black-white relations throughout history, from a keen observer of our culture.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society.

About the Author:

Ishmael Reed grew up in working-class neighborhoods in Buffalo, New York. He attended Buffalo public schools and the University of Buffalo. As well as being a novelist, poet, and essayist, he is a songwriter, television producer, publisher, magazine editor, playwright, and founder of the Before Columbus Foundation and There City Cinema, both located in Northern California. He lives in Oakland, California. 

About this edition

• Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0689707304
• ISBN 13: 9780689707308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224