✨ Featured Offer
Used, Very Good
$8.69
List Price: $17.00
🚚
See all 5 offers from $6.95 FREE standard delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Overview
"THE SHARPEST AND MOST UNUSUAL STORY I READ LAST YEAR . . . [Mat] Johnson's satirical vision roves as freely as Kurt Vonnegut's and is colored with the same sort of passionate humanitarianism."--Maud Newton, New York Times Magazine
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * Vanity Fair * Houston Chronicle * The Seattle Times * Salon * National Post * The A.V. Club
Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe's strange and only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym's trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature's great mysteries.
"Outrageously entertaining, [Pym] brilliantly re-imagines and extends Edgar Allan Poe's enigmatic and unsettling Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. . . . Part social satire, part meditation on race in America, part metafiction and, just as important, a rollicking fantasy adventure . . . reminiscent of Philip Roth in its seemingly effortless blend of the serious, comic and fantastic."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"Blisteringly funny."--Laura Miller, Salon
"Relentlessly entertaining."--The New York Times Book Review
"Imagine Kurt Vonnegut having a beer with Ralph Ellison and Jules Verne."--Vanity Fair
"Screamingly funny . . . Reading Pym is like opening a big can of whoop-ass and then marveling--gleefully--at all the mayhem that ensues."--Houston Chronicle
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * Vanity Fair * Houston Chronicle * The Seattle Times * Salon * National Post * The A.V. Club
Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe's strange and only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym's trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature's great mysteries.
"Outrageously entertaining, [Pym] brilliantly re-imagines and extends Edgar Allan Poe's enigmatic and unsettling Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. . . . Part social satire, part meditation on race in America, part metafiction and, just as important, a rollicking fantasy adventure . . . reminiscent of Philip Roth in its seemingly effortless blend of the serious, comic and fantastic."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"Blisteringly funny."--Laura Miller, Salon
"Relentlessly entertaining."--The New York Times Book Review
"Imagine Kurt Vonnegut having a beer with Ralph Ellison and Jules Verne."--Vanity Fair
"Screamingly funny . . . Reading Pym is like opening a big can of whoop-ass and then marveling--gleefully--at all the mayhem that ensues."--Houston Chronicle
| ISBN-13 | 9780812981766 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0812981766 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.19 x 0.84 x 7.96 In |
| List Price | $17.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 384 pages |
| Publisher | One World |
| Published On | 2012-09-04 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
Evergreen Goodwill
Seattle, WA, USA
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Greenworld Books
Arlington, TX, USA
Good condition. It may show normal signs of use such as light writing highlighting or library markin...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Goodwill Books
Hillsboro, OR, USA
Signs of wear and consistent use.
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
3brothers Bookstore
Absecon, NJ, USA
Cover may have light wear pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light s...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB-Diamond
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 30 Mar 2026