Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat

Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat - Hardcover

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Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat - Hardcover

Go Tell It on the Mountain: Introduction by Edwidge Danticat - Hardcover

by James Baldwin
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From one of the great American writers of the twentieth century--a coming-of-age story about a fourteen-year-old boy questioning the terms of his identity, the racism he faces, and the double-edged role of religion in his life. - Presented here in stunning hardcover with an introduction by Edwidge Danticat, award-winning author of Everything Inside.

"Vivid imagery...lavish attention to details.... [A] feverish story." --The New York Times

Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain--based in part on James Baldwin's childhood in Harlem--was his first major work. With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage, he portrays fourteen-year-old John Grimes, 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 John's life, and yet manages to encompass on an epic scale his family'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. Baldwin'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, Baldwin's rendering of his young protagonist's struggle to invent himself pioneered new possibilities in American language and literature.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
ISBN9781101907610
Author James Baldwin
PublisherEveryman's Library
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedMarch 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages280
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About James Baldwin

JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.

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