From the author of the classic novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth is a powerful and brilliantly crafted tale that explores themes of identity, race, and ambition.
"[A] stunning achievement. . . . Ellison sought no less than to create a Book of Blackness, a literary composition of the tradition at its most sublime and fundamental."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Time
The story follows Adam Sunraider, a race-baiting senator, whose life takes an unexpected turn when he calls for Alonzo Hickman, an old Black minister, to be by his side as he faces a mortal wound. As the two men intimately share their stories and memories, the true shape and substance of the past begin to emerge.
Here is Ellison, a virtuoso of American vernacular-the preacher's hyperbole and the politician's rhetoric, the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech-at the height of his powers, telling a moving, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.
With an introduction and additional notes by John F. Callahan, who first compiled Juneteenth out of thousands of manuscript pages in 1999, and a preface by National Book Award-winning author Charles R. Johnson.
"Beautifully written and imaginatively conceived, Juneteenth, like Invisible Man, deserves to be read and reread by generations." -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| ISBN: | 9780593314616 |
| Publication date: | 18th May 2021 |
| Author: | Ralph Ellison |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Vintage International |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Politics General Fiction Historical Fiction |
From the author of the classic novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth is a powerful and brilliantly crafted tale that explores themes of identity, race, and ambition."[A] stunning achievement. . . . Ellison sought no less than to create a Book of Blackness, a literary composition of the tradition at its most sublime and fundamental."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., TimeThe story follows Adam Sunraider, a race-baiting senator, whose life takes an unexpected turn when he calls for Alonzo Hickman, an old Black minister, to be by his side as he faces a mortal wound. As the two men intimately share their stories and memories, the true shape and substance of the past begin to emerge. Here is Ellison, a virtuoso of American vernacular-the preacher's hyperbole and the politician's rhetoric, the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech-at the height of his powers, telling a moving, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. With an introduction and additional notes by John F.
Juneteenth features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Politics, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Juneteenth was written by Ralph Ellison and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Juneteenth has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage International series