{"product_id":"the-system-of-dantes-hell-paperback-by-amiri-baraka","title":"The System of Dante's Hell Paperback by Amiri Baraka","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2016-02-23)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617753961\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e153.09\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.78 x 12.62 x 1.02\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reissue of a 1965 novel, a remarkable narrative of childhood and youth, spiraling out of Dante's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eInferno\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age . . . the special agony of the American Negro.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“A 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.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Woodie King Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556164325537,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617753961","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617753961_850783a9-a803-40d1-9b38-c893d51f4d08.jpg?v=1781807077","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-system-of-dantes-hell-paperback-by-amiri-baraka","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}