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If Beale Street Could Talk

Pages
197
Published
1986
Language
English

Synopsis

A young artist is wrongly imprisoned, but his love and his family refuse to give up. His girlfriend, Tish, fights for his freedom while carrying their child, facing down a flawed justice system. This novel explores the deep bonds of love and family against a backdrop of racial injustice.

About the author

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James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist. Most of Baldwin's work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups was impr...

Characters

TishProtagonist
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