Raw, lyrical and blazing with intensity, these short stories are a potent distillation of the genius of Ralph Ellison, author of _Invisible Man._ 'He saw the dark bird glide into the sun and glow like a bird of flaming gold' Ranging from the Jim Crow South to a Harlem bingo parlour, from the hobo
Flying Home: and Other Stories
- Book ID
- 126932462
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 0307797392
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✦ Synopsis
These 13 stories by the author of The Invisible Man "approach the elegance of Chekhov" (Washington Post) and provide "early explorations of (Ellison's) lifelong fascination with the 'complex fate' and 'beautiful absurdity' of American identity" (John Callahan). First serial to The New Yorker. NPR sponsorship.
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