EAN: 9780143134428

HUGHES LANGSTON NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER

A collectible hardcover edition of our greatest African American poet's award-winning first
novel about a black boy's coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town  featuring an
introduction by National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy  A Penguin Classic  When first
published in 1930  Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant
poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the
story of Sandy Rogers  a young African American boy in small-town Kansas  and of his
family--his mother  Annjee  a housekeeper for a wealthy white family  his irresponsible father
Jimboy  who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment  his strong-willed
grandmother Hager  who clings to her faith  his Aunt Tempy  who marries a rich man  and his
Aunt Harriet  who struggles to make it as a blues singer--Hughes gives the longings and
lineaments of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the history of
racially divided America.  Penguin Vitae--loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"--is a
deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of
classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae
provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives
and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration  intellectual
engagement  and creative originality.

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