9798217007370 - King Comus: A Novel von Demby, William (6 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. William Demby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1922, and attended college in Clarksburg, West Virginia, before enlisting in World War II and serving in Italy. He graduated from Fisk University in 1947 then moved abroad to Rome, w.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Past and present collide in this posthumous, semiautobiographical masterpiece by the author of Beetlecreek."One of the great novelists of the last 100 years." Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo JumboIn the present day, a Black American expat to Rome named D. reconnects with his former Army friend, Tillman, and their former commanding officer, Joe Stabat, to organize a gospel summit for the singer Little Antioch. In the 1940s, as D. becomes enmeshed in Tillman's large and boisterous family for the first time, Tillman recounts the story of his fabled ancestor King Comus. And in the early nineteenth century, master musician King Comus embarks on a grand journey to freedom from enslavement. In this time-bending tale of survival and kinship, the product of more than twenty years of literary labor, William Demby weaves elements of the neo-slave narrative and Afrofuturism into a panoramic vision encompassing the forces of empire, race, gender, and religion.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. King Comus | A Novel | William Demby | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2026 | Random House USA Inc | EAN 9798217007370 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.