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If Beale Street could talk : a novel by James Baldwin, James Baldwin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is If Beale Street could talk : a novel about?
We are in Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.
Who reads If Beale Street could talk : a novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- James Baldwin, James Baldwin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781299823129
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (5,049 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- If Beale Street could talk (1986)
- Gdyby ulica Beale umiała mówić (2019)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2006)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Movie Tie-In) (Vintage International) (2006)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (1974)
- If Beale Street could talk : a novel (2006)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2013)
- If Beale Street could talk : a novel (1974)
- If Beale Street could talk : a novel (1994)
- If Beale Street Could Talk. (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (1986)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (signet) (1975)
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