||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| jazz novel at its best. Undergirded by syncretism--collage--and synchronicity--"at the end of the ...|By Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure|This is the novel that changed my life and academic career in the Lockwood Library at University at Buffalo (SUNY). Until I write my academic memoir, what I say about this novel can be found in my book The "Dark Heathenism" of the American Novelist I|From the Back Cover|Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society.|About the Author|Ishmael Reed grew up in working-class neighborh
The classic freewheeling look at race relations through the ages.
Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed’s brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African-American authors, mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Cited by literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the fi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Mumbo Jumbo | Ishmael Reed. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
