Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat

Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

This haunting coming-of-age story, based in part on James Baldwinâ€™s childhood in Harlem, is an American classic.

Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the MountainÂ was Baldwinâ€™s first major work. With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage, he portrays a fourteen-year-old boy questioning the terms of his identity. John Grimes is the stepson of a fire-breathing and abusive Pentecostal preacher in Harlem during the Depression. The action of this short novel spans a single day in Johnâ€™s life, and yet manages to encompass on an epic scale his familyâ€™s troubled past and his own inchoate longings for the future, set against a shining vision of a city where he both does and does not belong. Baldwinâ€™s story illuminates the racism his characters face as well as the double-edged role religion plays in their lives, both oppressive and inspirational. In prose that mingles gritty vernacular cadences with exalted biblical rhythms, Baldwinâ€™s rendering of his young protagonistâ€™s struggle to invent himself pioneered new possibilities in American language and literature.Â

Introduction by Edwidge Danticat
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781101907610
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781101907610

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781101907610
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781101907610

Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

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