Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Dunfords Travels Everywheres by William Melvin Kelley (2020, Trade Paperback)

Great Book Prices Store (364997)

98.1% positive feedback

Price:

$14.78

Free shipping

Estimated delivery Mon, Dec 29 - Sat, Jan 10

Returns:

14 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Brand New

Cut in on Carlyle Bedlowe, wrecker of marriage, saver of souls. It is a unique thrill to see Dunfords Travels Everywheres now illustrated in it’s new edition by Aiki Kelley, whom we also honor with this year’s Award.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-101984899376

ISBN-139781984899378

eBay Product ID (ePID)13050394788

Product Key Features

Book TitleDunfords Travels Everywheres

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicAfrican American / General, Satire, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorWilliam Melvin Kelley

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-513329

Reviews"William Melvin Kelley . . . brought a fresh, experimental voice to black fiction in novels and stories that used recurring characters to explore race relations and racial identity in the United States." --William Grimes, The New York Times, "[A] lost giant of American Literature." -- The New Yorker "William Melvin Kelley . . . brought a fresh, experimental voice to Black fiction in novels and stories that used recurring characters to explore race relations and racial identity in the United States." --William Grimes, The New York Times

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.5/4

SynopsisWINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - William Melvin Kelley's final work, a Joycean, Rabelaisian romp in which he brings back some of his most memorable characters in a novel of three intertwining stories. "[A] lost giant of American Literature." -- The New Yorker Ride on out with Rab and Turt, two o'New Afriqueque's toughfast, ruefast Texnosass Arangers, as they battle Chief Pugmichillo and ricecure Mr. Charcarl Walker-Rider. Cut in on Carlyle Bedlowe, wrecker of marriage, saver of souls. Or just along with Chig Dunford, product of Harlem and private schools, on the circular voyage of self-discovery that takes him from Europe's Café of One Hand to Harlem's Jack O'Gee's Golden Grouse Bar & Restaurant. Beginning on an August Sunday in one of Europe's strangest cities, Dunfords Travels Everywheres but always returns back to the same point--the "Begending"--where Mr. Charcarl's dream becomes Chig Dunford's reality (the "Ivy League Negro" in the world outside the Ivory Tower). "Among the most innovative and exciting novelists in the history of international literature , the opportunity to honor William Melvin Kelley with the American Book Award is a great privilege. Before Columbus Foundation is elated to welcome his work back into print, thanks to Anchor Books. It is a unique thrill to see Dunfords Travels Everywheres now illustrated in it's new edition by Aiki Kelley, whom we also honor with this year's Award. The majesty of William Melvin Kelley's vital contribution to international letters remains urgent and evermore medicinal in its cosmic scope and unifying embrace. The total arc and panorama of human experience, embodied in the mythologies we share from antiquity to the present are fully illuminated in William Melvin Kelley's artistry. An absolute virtuoso of the language, with Dunfords Travels Everywheres , William Melvin Kelley ignites the spiritual imagination, reviving and resuscitating images of our journey with wit and grace. His masterwork is truly a wonder to behold. Vivid, charismatic, mercurial, musical, Dunfords Travels Everywheres stands as one of the great contributions to the art of the novel. Laughing to keep from crying, living life not dying, this new illustrated edition sings a joyous, uplifitng song." -- Justin Desmangles, citation from the American Book Award, WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD * William Melvin Kelley's final work, a Joycean, Rabelaisian romp in which he brings back some of his most memorable characters in a novel of three intertwining stories. "[A] lost giant of American Literature." -- The New Yorker Ride on out with Rab and Turt, two o'New Afriqueque's toughfast, ruefast Texnosass Arangers, as they battle Chief Pugmichillo and ricecure Mr. Charcarl Walker-Rider. Cut in on Carlyle Bedlowe, wrecker of marriage, saver of souls. Or just along with Chig Dunford, product of Harlem and private schools, on the circular voyage of self-discovery that takes him from Europe's Café of One Hand to Harlem's Jack O'Gee's Golden Grouse Bar & Restaurant. Beginning on an August Sunday in one of Europe's strangest cities, Dunfords Travels Everywheres but always returns back to the same point--the "Begending"--where Mr. Charcarl's dream becomes Chig Dunford's reality (the "Ivy League Negro" in the world outside the Ivory Tower). "Among the most innovative and exciting novelists in the history of international literature , the opportunity to honor William Melvin Kelley with the American Book Award is a great privilege. Before Columbus Foundation is elated to welcome his work back into print, thanks to Anchor Books. It is a unique thrill to see Dunfords Travels Everywheres now illustrated in it's new edition by Aiki Kelley, whom we also honor with this year's Award. The majesty of William Melvin Kelley's vital contribution to international letters remains urgent and evermore medicinal in its cosmic scope and unifying embrace. The total arc and panorama of human experience, embodied in the mythologies we share from antiquity to the present are fully illuminated in William Melvin Kelley's artistry. An absolute virtuoso of the language, with Dunfords Travels Everywheres , William Melvin Kelley ignites the spiritual imagination, reviving and resuscitating images of our journey with wit and grace. His masterwork is truly a wonder to behold. Vivid, charismatic, mercurial, musical, Dunfords Travels Everywheres stands as one of the great contributions to the art of the novel. Laughing to keep from crying, living life not dying, this new illustrated edition sings a joyous, uplifitng song." -- Justin Desmangles, citation from the American Book Award

LC Classification NumberPS3561.E392D86 2020