Corgi, UK, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 254 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Corgi, UK, 1970. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Mountain," Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; ISBN: 055207764x. ISBN/EAN: 9780552077644. Inventory No: 23061025.. 9780552077644

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Written over a span of ten years, Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s first completed novel. The story follows John Grimes, a bright teen living in Harlem in the 1930s, as he explores relationships with his family and his church. On a basic level, Go Tell It on the Mountain is a coming of age story, yet the novel gains complexity as the omniscient narrator interweaves John’s story with the stories of his mother, father, and aunt. In addition to the Grimes family, a main focus of the text is the function of the Christian Church in the lives of African-Americans, which Baldwin argues to be a source of moral hypocrisy and repression. And with a title like Go Tell It on the Mountain , it is no surprise that the novel contains has many biblical references throughout. The novel is generally accepted as semi-autobiographical. Like the protagonist, Baldwin grew up in Harlem. Neither had a relationship with their biological fathers and both resented their religious fanatic stepfathers. Also like John, Baldwin underwent a religious awakening as a young adult. Go Tell It on the Mountain is ranked 39th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and is also listed on TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923). In 1984, ABC produced a made-for-television movie based on the novel. -

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23061025
Title: Go Tell it on the Mountain
Author: James Baldwin
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 055207764X
ISBN 13: 9780552077644
Publisher: Corgi
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 1970
Keywords: BZDB5 Fiction; Go Tell it on the Mountain
Bookseller catalogs: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Fiction;

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