| Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play Contributor(s): Baldwin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679761780 ISBN-13: 9780679761785 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast. In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - African American - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 94023842 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.22" W x 8.01" (0.34 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a boy like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast. In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion. |