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    Tales of the Out & the Gone

    By Amiri Baraka

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    Comprising short fiction from the early 1970s to the twenty-first centurymost of which has never been publishedTales of the Out & the Gone reflects the astounding evolution of America’s most provocative literary anti-hero.


    The first section of the book, War Stories,” offers six stories enmeshed in the vola-tile politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The second section, Tales of the Out & the Gone,” reveals Amiri Baraka’s increasing literary adventurousness, combining an unpredictable language play with a passion for abstraction and psychological exploration.


    Throughout, Baraka’s unique and constantly changing literary style will educate readers on the evolution of one of America’s most accomplished literary masters of the past four decades.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAkashic Books
    Release dateDec 1, 2009
    ISBN9781617750076
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