{"product_id":"if-beale-street-could-talk-james-baldwin","title":"If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Achingly beautiful' \u003ci\u003eGuardian                     \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarlem, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk \u003c\/i\u003eaffirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction - that between members of a family' Joyce Carol Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for Oscar award-winning film   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain \u003c\/i\u003e(1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin's second novel, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room \u003c\/i\u003e(1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and \u003ci\u003eAnother Country \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003e(1955) and \u003ci\u003eNobody Knows My Name \u003c\/i\u003e(1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time \u003c\/i\u003e(1963) and \u003ci\u003eNo Name in the Street \u003c\/i\u003e(1972). His short stories are collected in \u003ci\u003eGoing to Meet the Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1965). His later works include the novels \u003ci\u003eTell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk \u003c\/i\u003e(1974) and \u003ci\u003eJust Above My Head \u003c\/i\u003e(1979).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships: a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review \u003c\/i\u003eFellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807790178653,"sku":"K072272034","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7227203400001A.jpg?v=1788490833","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/if-beale-street-could-talk-james-baldwin","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}