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Now adapted into a movie by Barry Jenkins, Academy Award winning director of ''Moonlight'', this love story by iconic gay author James Baldwin has a spare and impassioned intensity, charged with universal resonance and power.
Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions–affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
Author: James Baldwin
Paperback, 173 Pages, Orig. Publ. 1974, This Edition Published 2018