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The Fisher King

Name: The Fisher King
Brand: Scribner Book Company
SKU: 9780684869704
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Contributors:

Paule Marshall

Publisher:

Scribner Book Company

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Fiction, Literary Criticism

Book Subcategory:

Sagas, American

Book Topic:

African American & Black

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Release Date:

2011-01-08

ISBN 13:

9780684869704

Weight:

0.54 lbs

Size:

8.16 x 5.26 x 0.47 inches

Pages:

224

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Paule Marshall, the highly acclaimed author of the classic Brown Girl, Brownstones, returns to a Brooklyn setting in this moving and revelatory story of jazz, class, and family conflict over four generations.

In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family's disapproval of his music and the racism that shadowed his career. Now, decades later, his eight-year-old grandson is brought to Payne's old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in his honor. The child's visit reveals the persistent family and community rivalries that drove his grandfather into exile.

The Fisher King--a moving story of jazz, love, family conflict, and the artists' struggles in society--offers hope in the healing and redemptive power of one memorable boy.

About the Author
Paule Marshall holds a distinguished chair in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University. She has won many awards, including the John Dos Passos Award for Literature, an American Book Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in New York City and Richmond, Virginia.

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