The Walls of Jericho

By:

Rudolph Fisher

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Thrift Editions

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Rudolph Fisher's outstanding debut novel The Walls of Jericho, published in 1928, explores race and class issues during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance through the lens of Black lawyer Fred Merrit, who buys a home in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. What progresses is a satirical journey through Merrit's life as he encounters the racism of his new white neighbors as well as racism and classism among the residents of Black Harlem. This edition includes four of Fisher's short stories that capture the Black Jazz Age urban experience, initially published in the iconic magazine The Atlantic Monthly: City of Refuge, The Promised Land, Ringtail, and Blades of Steel.

Author Biography:

Rudolph Fisher was a true Renaissance man-a doctor, orator, music arranger, and writer. He graduated from Brown University with a dual major in biology and English, and graduated from Howard University Medical School. He moved to New York in 1926 and became part of the Harlem Renaissance; Langston Hughes called him "the wittiest of these New Negroes of Harlem." His story, "City of Refuge," was published in The Atlantic, and his novel The Conjure Man Dies (1932) is considered to be the first known crime novel written by an African American. The Walls of Jericho, his first novel, is a satire of Jazz-Age Harlem, highlighting the racial and class divides of the day. Fisher died in 1934 at the age of 37.

Release date NZ

February 23rd, 2024

Author

Rudolph Fisher

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

192

Series

Thrift Editions

Dimensions

126x203x11

ISBN-13

9780486851938

Product ID

36642567

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