The Quest of the Silver Fleece

by W.E.B. Du Bois

Book Overview

W.E.B. Du Bois's first novel, which tells the story of Blessed "Bles" Alwyn, a young black man in search of a better future, who falls in love with the energetic Zora. Bles travels from Alabama to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486460223
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Another Great Du Bois Read

Who else but Du Bois could provide so much history, economics, romance, and drama in one book. I could not put the book down. I wonder how much, if any, influence Du Bois had on Toni Morrison, Edward Jones, and Ishmael Reed. This book, written in 1911, has themes and characters like those in "Song of Solomon", "Aunt Hagars Children", and "Flight to Canada". I read this book during the Obama quest for the presidency I kept thinking/feeling while reading, we sure have come a long way.

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Du Bois himself called The Quest "an economic study of some merit." Wow, it sure was an emotionally engaging economic study to read! This book is a page-turner. Du Bois attempts to take his reader into the heart of American neoslavery without using the traditional form of slave narrative. The fictional work of this famed writer of "The Souls of Black Folk," is a penetrating glance into soul of a nation built on dehumanizing labor.