If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

Overview

Like the blues sweet, sad and full of truth this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of a black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby... a starkly realisitic tale... and a powerful endictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time.

Details
Signet
9780451090485
N/A
1975
EN
242 pages
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