If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [TRADE PAPERBACK RE-ISSUE] 2006 • Vintage Intl.

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin 

TRADE PAPERBACK RE-ISSUE [2006] VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL

Book reads like new with some wear to cover.  Tiny pub. mark on top of text block. 

In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. 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.