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If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

1974 226 pages eng ★ 4.3 (18 ratings)

Like the blues -- sweet, sad and full of truth -- this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of a black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustl…

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