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We are in 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.
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If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
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- Released
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Baldwin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0241384508
- ISBN13
- 9780241384503
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Love, Family, USA, Race, Racism, New York, America, African American Literature, Prison, Discrimination, Blues, Innocence
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
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- We are in 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.