If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticsimpleenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancelove conquers allsocial commentary
Boxlist takeSmall-scale and emotional: a serious novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
4.3 / 5
18 ratings
About This Book
Like the blues -- sweet, sad and full of truth -- this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of a black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous tombs.
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- Author
- James Baldwin
- Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 208
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- Open Library
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