| #39261 in Books | Ishmael Reed | 1996-06-11 | 1996-06-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.70 x5.25l, | File type: PDF | 224 pages | Mumbo Jumbo||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| jazz novel at its best. Undergirded by syncretism--collage--and synchronicity--"at the end of the ...|By Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure|This is the novel that changed my life and academic career in the Lockwood Library at University at Buffalo (SUNY). Until I write my academic memoir, what I say about this novel can be found in my book The "Dark Heathenism" of the American Novelist Is|From the Back Cover|Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society.|About the Author|Ishmael Reed grew up in working-class neighborho
The classic freewheeling look at race relations through the ages.
Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African-American authors, mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Cited by literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the fiv...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Mumbo Jumbo | Ishmael Reed. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
