[[F.r.e.e D.o.w.n.l.o.a.d R.e.a.d]] If Beale Street Could Talk [EBOOK]

[[F.r.e.e D.o.w.n.l.o.a.d R.e.a.d]] If Beale Street Could Talk [EBOOK]
[[F.r.e.e D.o.w.n.l.o.a.d
R.e.a.d]] If Beale
Street Could Talk
[EBOOK]
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'One of the best books Baldwin has ever written–perhaps the best of all.' –The Philadelphia
Inquirer“A moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it
strikes us as timeless.―–Joyce Carol Oates'If Van Gogh was our nineteenth-century artist-saint,
James Baldwin is our twentiethth-century one.' –Michael Ondaatje'Striking and particularly
haunting. . . . A beauty, especially in its rendering of youthful passion.' –Cosmopolitan'A major
work of black American fiction...  His best novel yet, even Baldwin's most devoted readers are
due to be stunned by it.'–The New Republic'Emotional dynamite...  a powerful assault upon
the cynicism that seems today to drain our determination to confront deep social
problems.'–Library Journal'A moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on
reality that it strikes us as timeless.'–The New York Times Book Read more James Baldwin was
born in 1924 and educated in New York. He is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and
nonfiction, including Go Tell It on the Mountain; Notes of a Native Son; Giovanniâ€s Room;
Nobody Knows My Name; Another Country; The Fire Next Time; Nothing Personal; Blues for
Mister Charlie; Going to Meet the Man; The Amen Corner; Tell Me How Long the Trainâ€s Been
Gone; One Day When I Was Lost; If Beale Street Could Talk; The Devil Finds Work; Little Man,
Little Man; Just Above My Head; The Evidence of Things Not Seen; Jimmyâ€s Blues; and The
Price of the Ticket. Among the awards he has received are a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust
Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship, and a
Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1986. He died in
1987. Read more See all Editorial Reviews