If Beale Street Could Talk

'Achingly beautiful' Guardian 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. 'If Beale Street Could Talk affirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction - that between members of a family' Joyce Carol Oates The inspiration for Oscar award-winning filmAuthor: Baldwin, James,author
Contributors: Baldwin, James,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 192
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 29 Sep 1994
Bic Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Author/Director/Artist: James Baldwin
Dimension (cm): 129x198x14 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 16x197x127 mm
Item Weight (g): 148
Package Weight (g): 150