Carolivia Herron- Thereafter Johnnie (1991) 1st Edition. Hardcover [NOVEL]

Thereafter Johnnie
Carolivian Herron

 Random House, New York, 1991. Hardcover. 243 pages. First edition. Dust jacket design by Susan Shapiro, Her first book. Dust jacket blurbs by Gloria Naylor, Carlos Fuentes & Henry Gates. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. (price sticker at rear)

An ambitious first novel by literary scholar Herron that sets out to create, in established epic form, a mythic exploration of traditional institutions and racial identity in America. Divided into 24 books, the story alternates between passages of incantatory prose and the more realistic account of the Snowdon family, whose tragic legacy is meant to parallel that of other great mythic families.