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| Title | : | Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| Author | : | James Baldwin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | 2001 by Penguin (first published 1952) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Cultural. African American. Literature. Religion. Novels |
James Baldwin
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.02 | 41323 Users | 2453 Reviews
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Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiographical 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.Details Books As Go Tell It on the Mountain
| Original Title: | Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| ISBN: | 0141185910 (ISBN13: 9780141185910) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 41323 Users | 2453 ReviewsJudgment Containing Books Go Tell It on the Mountain
It's John's 14th birthday....his family would forget without his mentioning it. It's a Sunday. Every Sunday the Grimes family walks to church where his father is deacon. It's not the biggest or largest church, but John was brought up to believe it was the holiest and best. "Everyone had always said John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father"......[the abusive preacher 'stepfather' we soon learn].It's New York during the depression for this African American family. We see how
Wow, what a read! Where each word feels like brick in the construction of a cathedral, yet still able to ignite your emotions and transport you into the spiritual ether. With rhythms and lyricism like a new Gospel and images and themes of the Old Testament. I was surprised. I knew Baldwin was quite a voice for racist and homophobic oppression, but I didnt know he was such a bard for the power of Protestant religion in the lives of the downtrodden. I didnt know until after I read this that he was
3 to 3.5Go Tell It on the Mountain is a very powerful book and I can tell why it is on many must read lists. Overall the way it was written was easy to get into and the journey into each specific character was interesting. The focus of the plot is religion and the hypocrisies around it that the author had experienced in his life. So, know that fact going in if you prefer to avoid mixing religious commentary into your reading.With the paragraph above you may wonder why I didnt rate this higher.
Reading this, years ago, I was struck by something I didn't think I'd be struck with.Recognition!I was reaised religious, not in anything close to the kind of religiostity he describes- visceral, pummeling, hyperintense- but pretty far-reaching and existential in my own right, if I do say so myself.Anyway, I was throttled by the sheer force and passion and earnestness of the writing here. I've been on that threshing floor, and even as I feel self-conscious about making that claim, I'm not going
When I was vacationing in Chicago recently, I went to a used bookstore and saw some James Baldwin books. I've heard many good things about him, so I decided to get this book... an old paperback edition (not the white one pictured above) for $5.The next morning, flipping through my stack of newly purchased books, I noticed to my amazement that this book was signed! And signed "For Jimmy". Unbelievable:('For Jimmy or be that James: Peace, James Baldwin')So I felt like it was fate that brought this
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