The Sport of the Gods
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396079458
- ISBN 13
- 9780396079453
- Seller
-
Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Clean, unmarked interior. Spine is tight and uncreased. There is some minor shelf-wear to the cover, as well as some subtle rubbing due to a printing error. Introduction by Kenny J. Williams. Best known as a poet (Maya Angelou alluded to his poem, Sympathy, when titling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), Dunbar published this, his final novel, in 1902, several years before his death at 33. The book anticipates the Harlem Renaissance by telling the tale of the Hamilton family, who flees the south for New York and devolves into debauchery after their father is wrongly imprisoned by a racist justice system. 'There is no poet, black or nonblack, who measures his achievement,' Nikki Giovanni writes of Dunbar. 'Even today. He wanted to be a writer and he wrote.' 195 pp.
Synopsis
The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city life in this 1902 examination of the forces that extinguish the dreams of African Americans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goodbar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 930274
- Title
- The Sport of the Gods
- Author
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0396079458
- ISBN 13
- 9780396079453
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
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Goodbar Books
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Cottage Grove, Oregon
About Goodbar Books
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.