Product details
ISBN
9780141185910
Published
2020-10-08
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
SD Books
Weight
204 gr
Height
194 mm
Width
127 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
Voksen
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Genre
Skjønnlitteratur
Author
James Baldwin's electrifying first novel.
'I had to deal with what hurt me most. I had to deal with my father.'
Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church swells with song and it is as if 'the Holy Ghost were riding on the air'. But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel, whose fear and fanaticism lead him to abuse his family. Johnny vows that, for him, things will be different. This blazing tale is full of passion and guilt, of secret sinners and prayers singing on the wind.
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Product details
ISBN
9780141185910
Published
2020-10-08
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
SD Books
Weight
204 gr
Height
194 mm
Width
127 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
Voksen
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Genre
Skjønnlitteratur
Author