Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008451370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
One of Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021. “This trailblazing work of fiction is notable for its depiction of Harlem’s African American society and culture in the 1930s” –Bookpage
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery: The first ever African-American crime novel
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008451370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
One of Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021. “This trailblazing work of fiction is notable for its depiction of Harlem’s African American society and culture in the 1930s” –Bookpage
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008451370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
One of Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021. “This trailblazing work of fiction is notable for its depiction of Harlem’s African American society and culture in the 1930s” –Bookpage
The Conjure-Man Dies
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464215979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
An unmissable entry in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress to highlight the best of American crime fiction When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together with Dr Archer, a physician from across the street, Dart is determined to solve the baffling mystery, helped and hindered by Bubber Brown and Jinx Jenkins, local boys keen to clear themselves of suspicion of murder and undertake their own investigations. This groundbreaking mystery is the first ever to feature a Black detective and all Black characters, written by Black author Rudolph Fisher, who was a principal writer of the Harlem Renaissance.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464215979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
An unmissable entry in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress to highlight the best of American crime fiction When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together with Dr Archer, a physician from across the street, Dart is determined to solve the baffling mystery, helped and hindered by Bubber Brown and Jinx Jenkins, local boys keen to clear themselves of suspicion of murder and undertake their own investigations. This groundbreaking mystery is the first ever to feature a Black detective and all Black characters, written by Black author Rudolph Fisher, who was a principal writer of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Conjure-man Dies
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Conjure-Man Dies: a Harlem Mystery
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780008216450
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American.
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780008216450
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American.
The Walls of Jericho
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, Fisher's characters—including the prejudiced Miss Cramp, who "takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint," Merrit's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover—provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical milieu of the times. Thematically, Fisher focuses on the idea of black unity and the discovery of the self. The biblical tale of Joshua is evoked to illustrate his concern for the black person's search for a "true nature." it is in this spiritual battle that the divergent segments of Harlem are drawn together in order to battle the "establishment" inside the walls of Jericho"--Publisher's description (a later edition).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, Fisher's characters—including the prejudiced Miss Cramp, who "takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint," Merrit's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover—provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical milieu of the times. Thematically, Fisher focuses on the idea of black unity and the discovery of the self. The biblical tale of Joshua is evoked to illustrate his concern for the black person's search for a "true nature." it is in this spiritual battle that the divergent segments of Harlem are drawn together in order to battle the "establishment" inside the walls of Jericho"--Publisher's description (a later edition).
The Conjure-man Dies
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780881431513
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780881431513
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The City of Refuge [New and Expanded Edition]
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826218121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"Harlem Renaissance tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to Harlem, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This version is expanded to include seven previously unpublished stories"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826218121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"Harlem Renaissance tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to Harlem, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This version is expanded to include seven previously unpublished stories"--Provided by publisher.
Conjure-Man Dies
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780405028007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780405028007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Not Without Laughter
Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486113906
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Poet Langston Hughes' only novel, a coming-of-age tale that unfolds amid an African American family in rural Kansas, explores the dilemmas of life in a racially divided society.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486113906
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Poet Langston Hughes' only novel, a coming-of-age tale that unfolds amid an African American family in rural Kansas, explores the dilemmas of life in a racially divided society.
A Beautiful Place to Die
Author: Malla Nunn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416586202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Screenwriter Nunn draws on her true-life experience growing up in Africa to create this darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa. Detective Emmanuel Cooper is caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make for dangerous times.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416586202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Screenwriter Nunn draws on her true-life experience growing up in Africa to create this darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa. Detective Emmanuel Cooper is caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make for dangerous times.