Eola Road Book Discussion

Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison

Eola Road Branch's monthly book discussion. June's selection: Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison.

Join us for Eola Road Branch's monthly book discussion group. We read a variety of fiction and non-fiction and meet once a month for discussion. Contact discussion leader Elke Lange-Lalos at 630-264-3437 for a copy of the book.

From the author of the bestselling Invisible Man - the classic novel of African-American experience - this long awaited second novel tells an evocative tale of a prodigal of the 20th century. Brilliantly crafted, moving and wise, Juneteenth is the work of an American master.

Summary by Goodreads:
Tell me what happened while there's still time, demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals?

Here is the master of American vernacular at the height of his powers, evoking the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech.

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