If Beale Street Could Talk
(Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
Forlag:
Penguin Classics
- Type: Bog
- Format: Paperback
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Sprog:
Engelsk
- ISBN-13: 9780140187977
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The inspiration for the film from Oscar award-winning director Barry Jenkins! 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.
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| Forlag | Penguin Classics |
| Forfatter | James Baldwin |
| Type | Bog |
| Format | Paperback |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| Udgivelsesdato | 29-09-1994 |
| Oplagsdato | 29-09-1994 |
| Sideantal | 192 |
| Indbinding | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 / EAN-13 | 9780140187977 |