The Complete Collection of Rudolph Fisher. Novels and Stories. Illustrated Edition

The Complete Collection of Rudolph Fisher: Novels and Stories. Illustrated Edition brings together the major fiction of Rudolph Fisher, one of the most original and perceptive voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Combining two landmark novels, The Walls of Jericho and The Conjure-Man Dies, with fourteen memorable short stories, this volume presents a broad panorama of African American urban life in the early twentieth century. With sharp observation, lively dialogue, humor, and psychological insight, Fisher captures a world shaped by migration, ambition, racial identity, social divisions, and the exhilarating cultural energy of Harlem.

In The Walls of Jericho, Fisher explores the barriers of class and color within a rapidly changing community, weaving together the lives of characters from different social backgrounds with wit and satire. The Conjure-Man Dies, a pioneering mystery novel set in Harlem, combines detective fiction with an evocative portrait of Black metropolitan life as a mysterious death draws investigators into a complex puzzle. The stories expand this world further. "The City of Refuge," "The Promised Land," "High Yaller," "The Backslider," "Blades of Steel," "Miss Cynthie," and others portray newcomers and longtime residents, workers and professionals, families and outsiders as they pursue opportunity, dignity, love, security, and belonging.

Together, these novels and stories reveal the remarkable range of Fisher's writing-from social comedy and realism to mystery, drama, and poignant character studies. "Ringtail," "Fire by Night," "Common Meter," "Dust," "Ezkiel," "Ezkiel Learns," and "Guardian of the Law" further illuminate the contradictions and possibilities of a transformative era. This illustrated edition offers a rich journey into Harlem during its cultural flowering and celebrates an author whose distinctive storytelling holds an important place in American and African American literature.
Contents:
oNovels
-The Walls of Jericho
-The Conjure-Man Dies
oStories
-The City of Refuge
-The South Lingers On
-Ringtail
-High Yaller
-The Promised Land
-The Backslider
-Blades of Steel
-Fire by Night
-Common Meter
-Dust
-Ezkiel
-Ezkiel Learns
-Guardian of the Law
-Miss Cynthie