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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. no dust jacket. This softcover book is in fair condition, showing signs of wear consistent with library use. The spine and edges have some wear, and there is a library stamp from the Corona Church Library. There is no dust jacket, and the pages are intact with no significant markings or tears. Overall, it is a well-preserved copy given its age and usage. Robert Jefferson, Calvin Massey, Sam Morley, Tom Morrison, Joseph Russo (illustrator).…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. The first ever book on Ellison's lifelong photography practice, from New York scenes to domestic vignettes Ralph Ellison is a leading figure in American literature, hailed for his seminal novel Invisible Man (1952), a breakthrough representation of the American experience and Black everyday life. Lesser known, however, is his lifelong engagement with photography. Photographer is the first book dedicated to Ellison's extensive work in the medium, which spans the 1930s to the '90s. Throughout his life, photography played multiple roles for Ellison: a hobby, a source of income, a note-taking tool and an artistic outlet. During his formative years in New York City in the 1940s, he keenly photographed his surroundings--at times alongside fellow photographer Gordon Parks--with many images serving as field notes for his writing. In the last decades of his life, as he grappled with his much-anticipated second novel, Ellison turned inward, and he studied his private universe at home with a Polaroid camera. At all times his photography reveals an artist steeped in modernist thinking who embraced experimentation to interpret the world around him, particularly Black life in America. In a 1956 letter to fellow writer Albert Murray, Ellison underscored photography's importance to his creative process: 'You know me, I have to have something between me and reality when I'm dealing with it most intensely.' Accompanying the photographs in this book are several essays situating Ellison's work within his broader career as a writer, as well an excerpt from his 1977 essay 'The Little Man at Chehaw Station: The American Artist and His Audience.' Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City in 1913. His love of music led him to enroll at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, as a music major. In 1936 he visited New York City, where he befriended established authors and intellectuals who encouraged him to pursue a career in writing. He joined the Federal Writers' Project and began contributing essays and short stories for publications such as New Masses, The Negro Quarterly, The New Republic and Saturday Review. By 1945 he had signed a contract to write what was to become Invisible Man (1952); it won the National Book Award in 1953 but remained his only novel published during his lifetime. He published two subsequent collections of essays, Shadow and Act (1964) and Going to the Territory (1986). For many years Ellison worked on a second novel, which he never completed; its central narrative was published posthumously as Three Days Before the Shooting. (2010). Ellison died in 1994. .…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Approximately 185 pagesLe Journal is a novella and book four in the Angela Fournier Adventure Series. This unfinished journal recovered at Claire's Sanctionary, unbeknownst to Angela Fournier, contains critical information of her ancestary and succession as heiress to the Fournier Foundation. Its discovery bears witness in the fifth upcoming novel, Whiteburn. Introduction: By January 23, 1943, Paris had already been occupied by the invading Nazi-German army since the summer of June 14, 1940. Some of its citizens refused to be controlled and regulated, and these courageous men and women formed an 'Alliance' of Résistance fighters. Honor, trustworthiness and dedication to free France from this tyranny produced heroes from ordinary people.One such person, an eighteen year old, Marta Savant - a cabaret singer, was willing to sacrifice her life to infiltrate the top echelon of Hitler's SS Commanders to expose and destroy the research and scientists who constructed the deadly V1 Rockets.As fate would have it, she was rescued by the vary person who almost killed her.Their stories divide until over a year later when a failed mission reunites them and a bond of love forms - 'til death do us part'.Forty-six years later, a found journal, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, could have enormous consequence for Angela Fournier - if she believes it. An obscure line of truth and an over-looked treasure propels Angela Fournier into her next psycho-thriller adventure - 'Whiteburn'.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 10.50x8.75x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2023. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ralph Ellison (1913-94) is a foremost figure in American literature, hailed for his seminal novel Invisible Man (1952), a breakthrough representation of the American experience and Black everyday life. Lesser known, however, is his lifelong engagement with photography. Photographer is the first book dedicated to Ellison's extensive work in the medium, which spans from the 1930s to the '90s.Throughout his life, photography played multiple roles for Ellison: a hobby, a source of income, a note-taking tool and an artistic outlet. During his formative years in New York City in the 1940s, he keenly photographed his surroundings, with many images serving as field notes for his writing. In the last decades of his life, as he grappled with his much-anticipated second novel, Ellison turned inward, and he studied his private universe at home with a Polaroid camera. At all times his photography reveals an artist steeped in modernist thinking who embraced experimentation to interpret the world around him, particularly Black life in America. In a 1956 letter to fellow writer Albert Murray, Ellison underscored photography's importance to his creative process: 'You know me, I have to have something between me and reality when I'm dealing with it most intensely.' Accompanying the photographs in this book are several essays situating Ellison's work within his broader career as a writer, as well an excerpt from his 1977 essay 'The Little Man at Chehaw Station: The American Artist and His Audience.'Co-published with The Gordon Parks Foundation and the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New.