![]() ![]() The only other Knight order had been disgraced years before. Instead of raiding the Temples of Heathens they enact their blood in the pagan myth of the Valkyrie they fight continually are mortally wounded, but revived only to fight again, taking time out to gorge themselves on swine and mead. A mighty influence, Jes Grew infects all that it touches.ģ Europe has once more attempted to recover the Holy Grail and the Teutonic Knights, Gibbon's "troops of careless temper," have again fumbled the Cup. Louis where the bumping and grinding cause the Gov to call up the Guard. Sporadic outbreaks occur in Nashville and Knoxville Tennessee as well as St. Pine Bluff and Magnolia Arkansas are hit Natchez, Meridian and Greenwood Mississippi report cases. Washington's Grapevine Telegraph Jes Grew spreads through America following a strange course. ExcerptĢ With the astonishing rapidity of Booker T. 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. 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. 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. 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. Naturally, the powers-that-be are having none of it. 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. “Part vision, part satire, part farce… A wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft.” - The New York Times New in 2023, 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. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |