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Juneteenth : a novel / Ralph Ellison ; edited by John F. Callahan ; preface by Charles Johnson.
The story of a black man who passes for white and becomes a race-baiting U.S. senator. When he is shot on the Senate floor, the first visitor in hospital is a black musician-turned-preacher who raised him. As the two men talk, their respective stories come out. An unfinished novel by the author of 'Invisible Man.'
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375707544
- ISBN: 0375707549
- Physical Description: xxxi, 368 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage International edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Vintage International : 2000.
- Copyright: ©2000
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, in 1999"--Title page verso. |
| Target Audience Note: | Young Adult. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African American clergy > Fiction. Passing (Identity) > Fiction. Southern States > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Race relations > Fiction. Legislators > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | PS 3555 .L557 J86 2000 | 30775305552086 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Summary
Juneteenth
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
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