| Just Above My Head Contributor(s): Baldwin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385334567 ISBN-13: 9780385334563 Publisher: Delta OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this novel with a stunning, unforgettable experience. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the homosexual passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses--and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.05 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Baldwin's final novel is "the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers" (The New York Times Book Review). "Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again." The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this stunning, unforgettable novel. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, James Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the forbidden passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that enflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses--and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land. |