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...voice of Bliss’s early memories and seems to favor this more restrained style in some of his later compositions. Recalling the love affair that would end in the birth of his son and future assailant, Bliss reflects: “High up the trees flurried with birdsong, and one clear note sang above the rest, a lucid soaring strand of sound; while in the grass cicadas dreamed.” Ellison’s ability to give the voices of his characters such melodious presentation is perhaps the most impressive single aspect of this book...

Author: By Adam T. Horn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ralph Ellison’s Unfinished Manuscript | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

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