{"product_id":"flying-home-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Flying Home: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Ellison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten between 1937 and 1954 and now available in paperback for the first time, these thirteen stories are a potent distillation of the genius of Ralph Ellison. Six of them remained unpublished during Ellison's lifetime and were discovered among the author's effects in a folder labeled \"Early Stories.\" But they all bear the hallmarks--the thematic reach, musically layered voices, and sheer ebullience--that Ellison would bring to his classic \u003cb\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tales in \u003cb\u003eFlying Home\u003c\/b\u003e range in setting from the Jim Crow South to a Harlem bingo parlor, from the hobo jungles of the Great Depression to Wales during the Second World War. By turns lyrical, scathing, touching, and transcendently wise, \u003cb\u003eFlying Home and Other Stories\u003c\/b\u003e is a historic volume, an extravagant last bequest from a giant of our literature.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten between 1937 and 1954 and now available in paperback for the first time, these thirteen stories are a potent distillation of the genius of Ralph Ellison. Six of them remained unpublished during Ellison's lifetime and were discovered among the author's effects in a folder labeled \"Early Stories.\" But they all bear the hallmarks--the thematic reach, musically layered voices, and sheer ebullience--that Ellison would bring to his classic Invisible Man. \u003cbr\u003eThe tales in Flying Home range in setting from the Jim Crow South to a Harlem bingo parlor, from the hobo jungles of the Great Depression to Wales during the Second World War. By turns lyrical, scathing, touching, and transcendently wise, Flying Home and Other Stories is a historic volume, an extravagant last bequest from a giant of our literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City in 1914. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/b\u003e (1952), which won the National Book Award and became one of the most important and influential postwar American novels. He published two volumes of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eShadow and Act\u003c\/b\u003e (1964) and \u003cb\u003eGoing to the Territory\u003c\/b\u003e (1986), which, together with unpublished speeches and writings, were brought together as \u003cb\u003eThe Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison\u003c\/b\u003e in 1995. For more than forty years before his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison lived with his wife, Fanny McConnell, in Harlem in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.02 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flying Home and Other Stories\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761560060192,"sku":"9780679776611","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9007fc53e789320d200621bc665ac244.webp?v=1780210480","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/flying-home-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}