Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)
Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition) by Margaret Walker, published by Mariner Books in 2016, is a significant work that explores the life of Vyry, a mixed-race child in the Civil War-era South. This edition spans 528 pages and presents a narrative that chronicles Vyry’s experiences as she navigates the complexities of her heritage amidst the opulence and brutality of the antebellum South, as well as the upheaval of wartime and the promises of Reconstruction.
Readers will find that Jubilee intertwines Walker’s family oral history with extensive research, illuminating the everyday lives of slaves through Vyry’s perspective. The novel delves into themes of resilience and freedom, reflecting the struggles and aspirations of African Americans during a pivotal period in American history. This edition also includes a Foreword by Nikki Giovanni, adding further context to Walker’s exploration of identity and heritage.
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The best-selling classic about a mixed-race child in the Civil War-era South that “chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage” (New York Times Book Review).
Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the antebellum South in both its opulence and its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction.
Weaving her own family’s oral history with thirty years of research, Margaret Walker brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light in a novel that churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history.
“A revelation.”–Milwaukee Journal
Includes a Foreword by Nikki Giovanni
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