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JAMES BALDWIN - GEBRAUCHT IF BEALE STREET COULD...

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.

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