If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
English | 29-09-1994 | 192 pages
9780140187977
Paperback / softback
15,50
Flap / cover copy
Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.
Description
Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.
Details
| EAN : | 9780140187977 |
| Editeur : | Penguin Group |
| Publication date : | 29-09-1994 |
| Format : | Paperback / softback |
| common.Language : | English |
| Height : | 198 mm |
| Width : | 129 mm |
| Thickness : | 11 mm |
| Weight : | 150 gr |
| Stock : | In stock |
| Pages number : | 192 |
| Collection : | Penguin Modern Classics |