{"product_id":"the-system-of-dantes-hell-paperback","title":"The System of Dante's Hell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age...the special agony of the American Negro.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fevered and impressionistic riff on the struggles of blacks in the urban North and rural South, as told through the prism of \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e....Other writers addressed race more directly, but for all its linguistic slipperiness, Baraka's language conveys the feelings of fear, violation, and fury with a surprising potency. A pungent and lyrical portrait of mid-'60s black protest.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a new introduction by Woodie King Jr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 1965 novel is a remarkable narrative of childhood and youth, structured on the themes of Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e: violence, incontinence, fraud, treachery. With a poet's skill Baraka creates the atmosphere of hell, and with dramatic power he reconstructs the brutality of the black slums of Newark, a small Southern town, and New York City. The episodes contained within the novel represent both states of mind and states of the soul--lyrical, fragmentary, and allusive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\/LeRoi Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-2014) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He was named poet laureate of New Jersey by the New Jersey Commission for the Humanities, from 2002-2004. His short story collection \u003ci\u003eTales of the Out \u0026amp; the Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (Akashic Books) was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and won a 2008 PEN\/Beyond Margins Award. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHome: Social Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Music\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTales\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770640564512,"sku":"9781617753961","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e6ef82ca4eeb65dcc8540e028afae292.webp?v=1780376030","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-system-of-dantes-hell-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}