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Dirty Bird Blues
Taschenbuch von Clarence Major
Sprache: Englisch

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A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues

Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.
A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues

Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.
Über den Autor
Clarence Major (b.1936) is an American writer and painter. He is the author of eleven novels and fifteen collections of poetry. He was awarded the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the 2016 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Council on the Arts Fellowship. He is also a distinguished professor emeritus of twentieth-century American literature at the University of California at Davis.
Zusammenfassung
INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR AND ARTIST: For a lifetime of literary and artistic work, Major has been praised by scholars and fellow writers including Toni Morrison, Gish Jen, Russell Banks, Richard Price, and Ana Castillo. The Penguin Classics publication will extend knowledge of his work to a wider audience.

ANNIVERSARY EDITION: 25th anniversary edition will inspire reflections of Clarence Major's overall oeuvre

BLUES INSPIRED: Major is amazing with language and here he blends blues lyrics into the inner voice of the narrator.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780143136590
ISBN-10: 0143136593
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 770033
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Major, Clarence
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Maße: 196 x 132 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Clarence Major
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,273 kg
preigu-id: 120379702
Über den Autor
Clarence Major (b.1936) is an American writer and painter. He is the author of eleven novels and fifteen collections of poetry. He was awarded the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the 2016 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award, a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Council on the Arts Fellowship. He is also a distinguished professor emeritus of twentieth-century American literature at the University of California at Davis.
Zusammenfassung
INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR AND ARTIST: For a lifetime of literary and artistic work, Major has been praised by scholars and fellow writers including Toni Morrison, Gish Jen, Russell Banks, Richard Price, and Ana Castillo. The Penguin Classics publication will extend knowledge of his work to a wider audience.

ANNIVERSARY EDITION: 25th anniversary edition will inspire reflections of Clarence Major's overall oeuvre

BLUES INSPIRED: Major is amazing with language and here he blends blues lyrics into the inner voice of the narrator.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780143136590
ISBN-10: 0143136593
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 770033
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Major, Clarence
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Maße: 196 x 132 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Clarence Major
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,273 kg
preigu-id: 120379702
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