Soul on Ice
Eldridge Cleaver
(Author)
Description
The classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience.With a preface by Ishmael Reed - "As with Malcolm X, Cleaver's book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of a soul in search of itself, groping toward a personal humanism which will give meaning to life."--The Progressive By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are a testament to his unique place in American history. Cleaver writes in Soul on Ice, "I'm perfectly aware that I'm in prison, that I'm a Negro, that I've been a rapist, and that I have a Higher Uneducation." What Cleaver shows us, on the pages of this classic autobiography, is how much he was a man.
Product Details
Price
$19.00
$17.67
Publisher
Delta
Publish Date
January 12, 1999
Pages
256
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.02 X 0.69 inches | 0.51 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780385333795
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About the Author
Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) wrote his magnum opus, Soul on Ice, while serving a prison sentence in the infamous Folsom State Prison before joining the Black Panther Party.
Reviews
"A collection of essays straight out of Dante's Inferno. The hell is there, and its name is America...as with Malcolm X, Cleaver's book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of a soul in search of itself, groping toward a personal humanism which will give meaning to life...the book is important...the book is extraordinary."--Shane Stevens, The Progressive "A remarkable book...beautifully written...Eldridge Cleaver makes you twist and flinch...he throws light on the dark areas that we wish he would leave alone."--The Nation
"Brilliant and revealing."--New York Times Book Review "All the essays [in Soul on Ice] deal with racial hurt, racial struggle, and racial pride...Eldridge Cleaver is a promising and powerful writer, an intelligent and turbulent and passionate and eloquent man."--Robert Coles, Atlantic Monthly
"Brilliant and revealing."--New York Times Book Review "All the essays [in Soul on Ice] deal with racial hurt, racial struggle, and racial pride...Eldridge Cleaver is a promising and powerful writer, an intelligent and turbulent and passionate and eloquent man."--Robert Coles, Atlantic Monthly
