Divine Days
Published on 28. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
1144 pages
978-0-393-31221-8 (ISBN)
Description
This huge oratorio of a novel unfolds over seven days in the life of Joubert Jones, an aspiring playwright making ends meet tending bar at his Aunt Eloise's Night Lounge. A Rabelaisian cast of characters and a Shakespearean range of voices crowd the pages of this book, an infinitely rich and suggestive tapestry of Black-American life and identity.
Reviews / Votes
"Divine Days is that rare thing in our self-conscious and ironic age-a full-out serious work of art." -- Sven Birkerts - New Republic "Almost every page offers abundant evidence that Leon Forrest is a writer of virtuosity and power. . . . A landmark in the artistic representation of social and historical reality, a rich and complex entertainment that deserves our praise, respect and gratitude." -- Arnold Rampersad - New York Newsday "An adventurous masterwork that provides our literature with a signal moment. . . . This epic detective story pulls in elements of the Gothic, the tall tale, the parable, the philosophical argument, the novel of ideas, the history lesson, the novel of manners and the sort of close observation Balzac, Mann and Hemingway would have admired." -- Stanley Crouch - New York Times Book Review "Simply put, Leon Forrest's massive masterpiece Divine Days is the War and Peace of the African-American novel." -- Henry Louis GatesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 51 mm
Weight
1516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-31221-8 (9780393312218)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Leon Forrest is the author of three previous novels. He is the chair of African-American Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.