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Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke; Starke Verschmutzung / Nässe. Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave's-eye view of the Civil War. Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined in the nineteenth century for the disease that makes Negroes run away) escape from Virginia. Not satisfied with leaving slavery halfway, one of the trio has vowed to go the whole distance to Canada; his master, Arthur Swille, determined to recover his property, pursues, hot on Raven Quickskill's trail.With his myth-bending ingenuity, Reed merges history, fantasy, political reality, and high comedy as he parodies the fugitive slave narrative: the slave-poet Quickskill flees to Canada on a nonstop jumbo jet; Abe Lincoln waltzes through slave quarters to the tune of "Hello Dolly"; the plantation mistress lies in bed watching the Beecher Hour on TV. Flight to Canada's preposterous episodes leap out from the pages of history to reveal a keen sense of America past and present. Codice articolo 2066137d-3a14-4dfd-86c8-3c96fe1cdf89
Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave’s-eye view of the Civil War.
Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined in the nineteenth century for the disease that makes Negroes run away) escape from Virginia. Not satisfied with leaving slavery halfway, one of the trio has vowed to go the whole distance to Canada; his master, Arthur Swille, determined to recover his property, pursues, hot on Raven Quickskill’s trail.
With myth-bending ingenuity, Reed merges history, fantasy, political reality, and high comedy as he parodies the fugitive slave narrative: the slave-poet Quickskill flees to Canada on a nonstop jumbo jet; Abe Lincoln waltzes through slave quarters to the tune of “Hello Dolly”; the plantation mistress lies in bed watching the Beecher Hour on TV. Flight to Canada’s preposterous episodes leap out from the pages of history to reveal a keen sense of America past and present.
Informazioni sull?autore: Ishmael Reed is the author of over twenty-five books and plays, including Mumbo Jumbo, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, Flight to Canada, Conjugating Hindi, Why No Confederate Statues in Mexico, Why the Black Hole Sings the Blues, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the Audible originals Malcolm and Me and The Fool Who Thought Too Much. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or Neo-Hoodooism. A regular contributor to CounterPunch and founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, Reed taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for over thirty years. He has received the MacArthur Fellowship, the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award. Reed has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is the only person to be nominated for the National Book Award in two categories in the same year.
Titolo: Flight to Canada
Casa editrice: SCRIBNER BOOKS CO
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: Softcover
Condizione: Fair
Da: Ammareal, Morangis, Francia
Softcover. Condizione: Très bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Codice articolo H-277-140
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Da: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Da: Pomfret Street Books, Carlisle, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Binding Tight Underlining Throughout Light Edge Wear. Book. Codice articolo 112279
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Da: Red's Corner LLC, Tucker, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: New. All orders ship by next business day! This is a new book. We are a small company and very thankful for your business! Codice articolo 4CNYIG0033F9
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Da: Blindpig Books, Salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.
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Da: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A wildly funny slave's-eye view of the Civil War. 179 pages.; 5 1/4 x 8 ''. Codice articolo 69709
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