{"product_id":"conjugating-hindi-9781628972542","title":"Conjugating Hindi","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalifornia is still the world's biggest hideout. The only thing more western is the Pacific Ocean, where, if the Big One happens, California might find a home at the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of those hiding out is Peter Bowman, a former army brat, and lecturer at Woodrow Wilson Community College, who is being hunted for a quality most men would crave. But for Bowman, nicknamed Boa, it has become burdensome. When an opportunity comes, he has to choose between becoming financially solvent or exposing himself to his pursuers. Along the way, he runs into some memorable characters both in reality and in his dreams, including Ishmael Reed. In Ishmael Reed's \u003ci\u003eConjugating Hindi\u003c\/i\u003e, stories, histories and myths of different cultures are mixed and sampled. Modern issues like gentrification addressed. It is the closest that a fiction writer has gotten to the hip-hop form on the page. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Once again, Ishmael Reed has pioneered a new form. If his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Free-Lance Pallbearers\u003c\/i\u003e, was an early Afro-Futurist novel, \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e recognized as \"a graphic novel before we used the term\" (according to Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson), \u003ci\u003eYellow Back Radio Broke Down Blazing Saddles\u003c\/i\u003e's \"important precursor,\" \u003ci\u003eFlight To Canada\u003c\/i\u003e his \"Neo Slave Narrative,\" a concept that he coined-\u003ci\u003eConjugating Hindi\u003c\/i\u003e is his global novel. One that crosses all borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReed, Ishmael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eIshmael Reed\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over twenty-five books including \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Louisiana Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYellow Back Radio Broke-Down\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Juice!\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or Neo-Hoodooism as he calls it. Founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for over thirty years, retiring in 2005. In 2003, he received the coveted Otto Award for political theater. He lives in Berkeley, California.","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298409971986,"sku":"9781628972542","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b634fc52-9aea-443c-bf20-f6c5d25a6ad6.jpg?v=1747819424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conjugating-hindi-9781628972542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}