If Beale Street could talk /

Like the blues -- sweet, sad, and full of truth -- this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unju...

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Main Author: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Press, 1974.
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Summary:Like the blues -- sweet, sad, and full of truth -- this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the 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, in this starkly realistic tale ... a powerful indictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:197 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:0803741693
9780803741690
0440340608
9780440340607
0385270666
9780385270663
0307275930
9780307275936