{"product_id":"middle-passage-9780684855882","title":"Middle Passage","description":"\u003cb\u003eA twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Charles Johnson's National Book Award-winning masterpiece--\"a novel in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e...heroic in proportion...fiction that hooks the mind\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)--now with a new introduction from Stanley Crouch.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is lost in the underworld of 1830s New Orleans. Desperate to escape the city's unscrupulous bill collectors and the pawing hands of a schoolteacher hellbent on marrying him, he jumps aboard the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins a voyage of metaphysical horror and human atrocity, a journey which challenges our notions of freedom, fate and how we live together. Peopled with vivid and unforgettable characters, nimble in its interplay of comedy and serious ideas, this dazzling modern classic is a perfect blend of the picaresque tale, historical romance, sea yarn, slave narrative and philosophical allegory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now with a new introduction from renowned writer and critic Stanley Crouch, this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates a cornerstone of the American canon and the masterwork of one of its most important writers. \"Long after we'd stopped believe in the great American novel, along comes a spellbinding adventure story that may be just that\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Charles Johnson is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. A MacArthur fellow, his fiction includes \u003ci\u003eNight Hawks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. King's Refrigerator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreamer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaith and the Good Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Book Award. In 2002 he received the Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Seattle.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611450544402,"sku":"9780684855882","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_646d0204-c0c3-461d-80b3-8cf81de90021.jpg?v=1732361945","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/middle-passage-9780684855882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}