Juneteenth

<p>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</p> <p>"[A]n extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall."—<i>Newsday</i></p> <p>From Ralph Ellison—author of the classic novel of African-American experience, <b>Invisible Man</b>—the long-awaited second novel. Here is the master of American vernacular—the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech—at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.</p> <p>"Tell me what happened while there's still time," demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate Negro 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? Brilliantly crafted, moving, wise, <b>Juneteenth</b> is the work of an American master.</p>

Author(s): Ralph Ellison  

ISBN 10: 0375707549
ISBN 13: 9780375707544
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Publication: June 2000