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Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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Mumbo Jumbo

by Ishmael Reed

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Publisher Comments:

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.

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The Boston GlobeBrilliant, phantasmal, eccentric...A visionary comic myth.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Author of Colored peopleFrom its title on, Mumbo Jumbo serves as a critique of black and Western literary forms and conventions, and of the complex relationships between the two.

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The Saturday ReviewA "HooDoo" thriller, an all-out assault on Western civilization...Reed's best novel.

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James Baldwin

A great writer.

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James BaldwinA great writer.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223).
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About the Author

Ishmael Reed, a novelist, poet, essayist, and activist, is the author of more than a dozen books. He has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth and is currently a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Oakland, California.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684824772
Author:
Reed, Ishmael
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) History Fiction.
Subject:
Harlem
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) History.
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
96-6a
Publication Date:
June 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.26x5.08x.52 in. .42 lbs.
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