{"product_id":"juneteenth-revised-ralph-ellison-paperback","title":"Juneteenth (Revised) -- Ralph Ellison, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the classic novel \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man, \u003c\/i\u003eRalph Ellison's \u003ci\u003eJuneteenth \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful and brilliantly crafted tale that explores themes of identity, race, and ambition.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[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., \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an introduction and additional notes by John F. Callahan, who first compiled \u003ci\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e out of thousands of manuscript pages in 1999, and a preface by National Book Award-winning author Charles R. Johnson.\u003ci\u003e\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written and imaginatively conceived, \u003ci\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e, like \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e, deserves to be read and reread by generations.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ralph Ellison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\" H x 5.1\" L x 1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593314616\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50560035422512,"sku":"9780593314616","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780593314616.jpg?v=1774848524","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/juneteenth-revised-ralph-ellison-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}