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Title: Juneteenth
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Ralph Ellison
Narrator: Joe Morton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-06-11
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
From Ralph Ellison - author of the classic novel of African-American experience, Invisible Man - the long-awaited second novel. Here is the master of American vernacular - the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech - at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.
"Tell me what happened while there's still time," demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate Negro preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals? Brilliantly crafted, moving, wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master.
Critic Reviews:
"[A] vastly ambitious informing allegory, an allegory made rich, as in Invisible man, with the sensory details of which Ellison was such a master." (The New York Review of Books)
"[A]n extraordinary book, a work of staggering virtuosity. With its publication, a giant world of literature has just grown twice as tall." (Newsday)
"[A] stunning achievement.... Juneteenth is a tour de force of untutored eloquence. Ellison sought no less than to create a Book of Blackness, a literary composition of the tradition at its most sublime and fundamental." (Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Time)
Members Reviews:
Moreton's Brilliant Performance of Juneteenth
Where does Juneteenth rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
This is one of the best books and certainly one of the best narrators I've enjoyed in a decade of Audible experiences.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Rev. A.Z. Hickman is a total, compelling protagonist, clear-eyed and poetic.
What does Joe Morton bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
I think Joe Morton should be performing this book on stage. He paints this book with his voice, and listening to him is definitely a richer experience than reading the book in print.
Astounding
"Invisible Man" and "Juneteenth" are necessary, brilliant and will have an undeniable physical, emotional, intellectual and moral impact on any reader. Stunningly written and beautifully voiced by Mr. Morton.
Hopefully would have been better if it was finishe
Would you try another book from Ralph Ellison and/or Joe Morton?
Yes
Would you be willing to try another book from Ralph Ellison? Why or why not?
Yes. His other book, Invisible Man has been on my list of books to read for a long time.
What does Joe Morton bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?
He's a great orator, which is a plus in this book with all it's orations. He also does the quieter parts well.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No
Any additional comments?
Its a shame Ralph Ellison never was able to finish his second novel. In this edition, editor John Callahan tells the story of how he was working on it for years and years, and just when he had it nearly finished, the manuscript, or at least a large part of it, was destroyed in a fire. He went back to working on it, but was never able to get it to that point again.
