In this honest and stunning novel that inspired the award-winning major motion picture of the
same name James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. 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 Told through the eyes of Tish a
nineteen-year-old girl in love with Fonny a young sculptor who is the father of her child
Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married but
Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear
his name and as they face an uncertain future the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of
emotions-affection despair and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues where passion and
sadness are inevitably intertwined Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly
realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
