false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166806028m/17323.jpg 17323 4 "Marks the debut of a very gifted writer.... Kenan speaks eloquently and with a great deal of courage."--Gloria Naylor<br><br>Randall Kenan's daring and innovative first novel weaves a vivid and horrific tale through the generations of a black Southern family.<br><br>Sixteen-year old Horace Cross is plagued by issues that hover in his impressionable spirit and take shape in his mind as loathsome demons, culminating in one night of horrible and tragic transformation. In the face of Horace's fate, his cousin Reverend James "Jimmy" Green questions the values of a community that nourishes a boy, places their hopes for salvation on him, only to deny him his destiny. <br><br>Told in a montage of voices and memories, <b>A Visitation of the Spirits</b> just how richly populated a family's present is with the spirits of the past and the future. 18898 1989 A Visitation of Spirits: A Novel total:70|5:1|4:3|3:1|2:0|1:0| 70 279 119 7 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Sep 17 10:24:10 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 10:25:56 -0700 2008 2 Toni Morrison for example. He's that good.more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 06:13:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:03:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:02:17 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:06:37 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Sep 11 18:41:30 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 15:30:42 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Apr 29 22:46:52 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 22:53:31 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Jun 23 11:27:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 09 08:11:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:23:31 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:26:17 -0700 2007
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