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If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

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Tish is nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. The two families struggle win justice for Fonny.

The inspiration for the new film from Oscar award-winning director Barry Jenkins

''Achingly beautiful'' Guardian ...

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Product ID:	9780140187977
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	Penguin Modern Classics
Title:	If Beale Street Could Talk
Authors:	Author: James Baldwin
Page Count:	192
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Description:	Tish is nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. The two families struggle win justice for Fonny. The inspiration for the new film from Oscar award-winning director Barry Jenkins ''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
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1994-09-29

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Weight	148 g
Dimensions	196 × 128 × 15 mm

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