If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
anglais | 29-09-1994 | 192 pages
9780140187977
Livre de poche
15,50
Couverture / Jaquette
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.
Détails
| Code EAN : | 9780140187977 |
| Editeur : | Penguin Group |
| Date de publication : | 29-09-1994 |
| Format : | Livre de poche |
| Langue(s) : | anglais |
| Hauteur : | 198 mm |
| Largeur : | 129 mm |
| Epaisseur : | 11 mm |
| Poids : | 150 gr |
| Stock : | Disponible |
| Nombre de pages : | 192 |
| Collection : | Penguin Modern Classics |