{"product_id":"junetenth","title":"Juneteenth;  Ralph Ellison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of bestselling \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man--\u003c\/i\u003ethe 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, \u003ci\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an American master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTell 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is the master of American vernacular at the height of his powers, evoking the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall. --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay 29, 1999\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRalph Ellison was a scholar and writer. He was born Ralph Waldo Ellison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, named by his father after Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ellison was best known for his novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow and Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing to the Territory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1986). For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the best of these essays in addition to the novel put him \"among the gods of America's literary Parnassus.\" A posthumous novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left after his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEllison died of Pancreatic Cancer on April 16, 1994. He was eighty-one years old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647368196418,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/june.jpg?v=1679193168","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/junetenth","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}