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Synopsis
This novel examines the African-American culture and its deflation.
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Review
James Baldwin A great writer.
The New York Times Part vision, part satire, part farce...A wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Author of Colored people From 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.
The Boston Globe Brilliant, phantasmal, eccentric...A visionary comic myth.
The Saturday Review A "HooDoo" thriller, an all-out assault on Western civilization...Reed's best novel.
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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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008
ISBN 10: 0689707304
ISBN 13: 9780689707308
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Named one of the GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS of the last 100 years by The Atlantic The 50th anniversary edition of the classic, freewheeling novel by one of the most iconic satirists of our time--now with a new introduction by the author. Mumbo Jumbo is a mixtape, a collage, a palimpsest.Even if it didn't have an eerie bearing on our modern politics, it'd be worth reading simply for the pleasure of spending time in Reed's roving mind.--The Atlantic Part vision, part satire, part farce. A wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft. --The New York Times It is the 1920s in New York City and an epidemic known as Jes Grew is sweeping the nation--a dancing plague, irresistible, joyful, and undeniably Black. Naturally, the powers-that-be are having none of it. A repressive conspiracy is operating in the shadows, and it is dead set on squelching Jes Grew and its Carriers--Black artists and musicians--by any means necessary. So begins the classic novel by Ishmael Reed, the iconic satirist whose contributions to American literature have drawn praise from the likes of James Baldwin and Harold Bloom. Mumbo Jumbo is an ingenious deconstruction of Western civilization--a cinematic collage that mixes portraits of historical figures and incidents with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Now with a new introduction by the author, this timeless and crucial work of twentieth-century fiction is ready to be discovered by a new generation of readers. Seller Inventory # 00110810248
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Published by
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008
ISBN 10: 0689707304
ISBN 13: 9780689707308
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Named one of the GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS of the last 100 years by The Atlantic The 50th anniversary edition of the classic, freewheeling novel by one of the most iconic satirists of our time--now with a new introduction by the author. Mumbo Jumbo is a mixtape, a collage, a palimpsest.Even if it didn't have an eerie bearing on our modern politics, it'd be worth reading simply for the pleasure of spending time in Reed's roving mind.--The Atlantic Part vision, part satire, part farce. A wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft. --The New York Times It is the 1920s in New York City and an epidemic known as Jes Grew is sweeping the nation--a dancing plague, irresistible, joyful, and undeniably Black. Naturally, the powers-that-be are having none of it. A repressive conspiracy is operating in the shadows, and it is dead set on squelching Jes Grew and its Carriers--Black artists and musicians--by any means necessary. So begins the classic novel by Ishmael Reed, the iconic satirist whose contributions to American literature have drawn praise from the likes of James Baldwin and Harold Bloom. Mumbo Jumbo is an ingenious deconstruction of Western civilization--a cinematic collage that mixes portraits of historical figures and incidents with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Now with a new introduction by the author, this timeless and crucial work of twentieth-century fiction is ready to be discovered by a new generation of readers. Seller Inventory # CIN0689707304A
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Mumbo Jumbo: A Novel
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Atheneum, New York, 1972
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Minor wearing on the covers. Inscription from author to previous owner, the writer Margaret Skinner, on title page. Interior is clean and unmarked. 223p. Seller Inventory # 14331