Description
An elegant, insightful novel that evokes the world of upper middle class blacks, following an unnamed narrator from a safe childhood in conservative Indianapolis, to a brief tenure as minister of information for a local radical organisation, to the life of an expatriate in Paris. Through it all, his imagination is increasingly dominated by his elderly relations and the lessons of their experiences in the "Old Country" of the South.
The author of Black Deutschland's critically acclaimed debut novel, now available for the first time in twenty years.
About the Author
Darryl Pinckney, a longtime contributor to The New York Review of Books, is the author of a novel, High Cotton, and two works of nonfiction, Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy and Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature. He has also collaborated with Robert Wilson on theater projects, most recently an adaption of Daniil Kharm's The Old Woman. He lives in New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9780312420222
Author Darryl Pinckney
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Picador USA
Publisher Picador USA
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 138mm * 21mm
The author of Black Deutschland's critically acclaimed debut novel, now available for the first time in twenty years.
About the Author
Darryl Pinckney, a longtime contributor to The New York Review of Books, is the author of a novel, High Cotton, and two works of nonfiction, Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy and Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature. He has also collaborated with Robert Wilson on theater projects, most recently an adaption of Daniil Kharm's The Old Woman. He lives in New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9780312420222
Author Darryl Pinckney
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Picador USA
Publisher Picador USA
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 138mm * 21mm
