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Oct 30, 2018 | ISBN 9780525566120
Oct 10, 2006 | ISBN 9780307275936
Sep 17, 2013 | ISBN 9780804149679
A stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—”a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless” (The New York Times Book Review). • Also a major motion picture from Barry Jenkins. “One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all.” —The Philadelphia InquirerTold through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions—affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
From one of the most important writers of the twentieth century comes a stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—”a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless” (The New York Times Book Review).“One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all.” —The Philadelphia InquirerTold through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions—affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an… More about James Baldwin
“One of the best books Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “A moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless.” —Joyce Carol Oates “If Van Gogh was our nineteenth-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our twentiethth-century one.” —Michael Ondaatje “Striking and particularly haunting…. A beauty, especially in its rendering of youthful passion.” —Cosmopolitan “A major work of Black American fiction…. His best novel yet, even Baldwin’s most devoted readers are due to be stunned by it.” —The New Republic “Emotional dynamite…. A powerful assault upon the cynicism that seems today to drain our determination to confront deep social problems.” —Library Journal “A moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless.” —The New York Times Book Review
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