Shadow and Act by Ralph Ellison
Vintage. 1995. Softcover. 317pp. +ads. Re-print from 1995. No markings. Like New.
Ralph Ellison examines his antecedents and in so doing illuminates the literature, music, and culture of both black and white America. His range is virtuosic, encompassing Mark Twain and Richard Wright, Mahalia Jackson and Charlie Parker, The Birth of a Nation and the Dante-esque landscape of Harlem
