If Beale Street Could Talk PMC

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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. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140187977
Published: September 1994

Number of pages: 192
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 11 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd