The Fiction of Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka (The Library of Black America)

By Amiri Baraka

Book Overview

Including 6 Persons, a previously unpublished novel; The System of Dante's Hell; and Tales, this collection also features four uncollected short stories. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155652353X
• ISBN13: 9781556523533
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Chicago Review Pr
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

The System of Dante's Hell

I cannot speak for this entire book, but it seems to be the only way to obtain The System of Dante's Hell these days, and this is a truly great book and a must read.The System of Dante's Hell is a short novel in which a black soldier travels through the American south. Like Dante in hell, Jones/Baraka's tour shows you this hell from the outside, but not really from the outside. Anyway, the book is brilliant.