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Literature & Fiction

Flight to Canada

Flight to Canada

Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slaveâ€™s-eye view of the Civil War.

Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined in the nineteenth century for the disease that makes Negroes run away) escape from Virginia. Not satisfied with leaving slavery halfway, one of the trio has vowed to go the whole distance to Canada; his master, Arthur Swille, determined to recover his property, pursues, hot on Raven Quickskillâ€™s trail.

With myth-bending ingenuity, Reed merges history, fantasy, political reality, and high comedy as he parodies the fugitive slave narrative: the slave-poet Quickskill flees to Canada on a nonstop jumbo jet; Abe Lincoln waltzes through slave quarters to the tune of â€œHello Dollyâ€; the plantation mistress lies in bed watching the Beecher Hour on TV. Flight to Canadaâ€™s preposterous episodes leap out from the pages of history to reveal a keen sense of America past and present.
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780684847504
ReleaseDate 1998-06-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780684847504

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