While his protagonist at times wallows in self-pity, and his plot leans heavily on the exotic, the volume offers a riveting, dramatic vision of the oft-told story of returning to one's roots. Winner of the 1988 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, McKnight writes in an incantatory, original voice about the struggle for black identity. There Norris becomes lost in a contemplation of the forces that have shaped him, a growing paranoia about evil spirits and a steamy relationship with the marabou's beautiful, American-educated daughter. I Get on the Bus: A Novel by McKnight, Reginald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at .uk. Exhausted, he ends up in a tiny village, where he is cared for by the family of a marabou, or holy man.

?' Quitting the Corps, Norris then drifts 'half-bemused, half-terrified' through a series of surreal experiences punctuated by nightmarish bus rides. Recruited by the Peace Corps, he fights off malarial fever while wondering, 'Am I black enough now. Details Or fastest delivery June 24 - 29. McKnight's first novel is set in Senegal, where Evan Norris, a restless Afro-American from Denver, has wandered to escape his comfortable middle-class existence and near-engagement to a racially aware, black American psychiatrist. I Get on the Bus: A Novel: McKnight, Reginald: 9780316560580: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Buy used: 3.94 3.98 delivery June 28 - July 5. I get on the bus by Reginald McKnight, February 1992, Little Brown & Co (P) edition, Paperback in English I Get on the Bus (February 1992 edition) Open Library It looks like you're offline.

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