According to John Updike in The New Yorker, the novel “does what writing should do it refreshes our sense of the world… An ambitious, finely chiseled work.” Publisher’s Weekly describes John Henry Days as “smart, learned and soaringly ambitious, his second novel consolidates his position as one of the leading writers of serious fiction of his generation.” Set in 1996, John Henry Days travels back and forth through time to relate the juxtaposing life challenges of folk legend John Henry and a journalist covering the unveiling of the John Henry commemorative stamp.
The novel also was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angles Times Book Prize for Best Novel. His latest work, John Henry Days, received several distinguished literary awards, including the 2002 Young Lions Award and the 2002 Black Caucus Literary Award in fiction. John Henry Days is an acrobatic, intellectually dazzling, and laugh-out-loud funny book that will be read and talked about for years to come.Although he just published his second novel, Colson Whitehead is already a highly decorated author. flacks, stamp collectors, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. It is also a high-velocity thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with p. On another level it’s the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the annual John Henry Days festival. You can read this before John Henry Days PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ĭolson Whitehead’s eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. Here is a quick description and cover image of book John Henry Days written by Colson Whitehead which was published in 2001–. Brief Summary of Book: John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
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