Presents the tragic story of a woman's involvement with the elderly blues singer, Blacksnake Brown

Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale

Literature & Fiction

Phillips, J.J.

United States

City Miner Books

This book deals with what the surviving spouse will likely face in the beginning after losing their loved one.It contains simple common sense techniques to help make the transition and adjustment a little easier.All of this is based on what the author experienced after losing his wife to metastatic breast cancer.The suggestions, tools and stories made available in this book will assist you in not only your healing, but also in the rebuilding of your life.The materials presented here will not only aid those who have lost their spouse, but can also help anyone who is grieving the loss of any other relative or close friend.

The Long Road Back: Dealing With The Death Of A Spouse

Parenting & Relationships

Independently published

Race, obsession, and the blues are the themes of this wildly original novel by African American poet, novelist, and activist J. J. Phillips. Eunice Prideaux, a young, light-skinned black woman from a well-to-do San Francisco family, is sick of her conventional home. One evening when guests are over, she puts "Bakershop Blues," by the legendary blues singer Blacksnake Brown, on the record player, and soon the whole well-mannered company is groaning and moaning along with the music. Soon, too, Eunice has packed up and set off for Raleigh, North Carolina, where Blacksnake lives, knowing that she has "to go find the source of herself, this music that moved her and the others, however much they tried to deny it." Disembarking from a train into a hot Southern night, Eunice finds herself in an unfamiliar world. Arrested on suspicion of soliciting, she spends a night in prison. After her release, she tracks Blacksnake down and soon she has moved in with him. There is nothing nice about Blacksnake or his way of life. The power of his music is real; so is the ugliness with which he treats Eunice, who finds herself in a dark place, almost deprived of the will to live. Mojo Hand, however, is an Orphic tale, a story of initiation into art and individuality no matter the cost, and Eunice will emerge from the darkness transformed. Long out of print, J.J. Phillips's novel is a powerfully original work of fiction that sings the blues.

Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale (New York Review Books Classics)

NYRB Classics

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