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   If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin. His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. [1] [2] The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song "Beale Street Blues", named after Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee .

   • Author: James Baldwin

   • Publish Year: 1974

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   Jan 1, 2001 · If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin is a an angry and sometimes brutal love story set in the Bronx, New York. Tish is 19 and pregnant - her partner Fonny is a couple of years older and in prison, falsely accused of rape.

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4. www.sparknotes.com › lit › if-beale-street-could-talkIf Beale Street Could Talk: Study Guide | SparkNotes

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   The fifth novel by celebrated author and activist James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk is a story of love, false imprisonment, and the struggle to live a free life in a racist society. First published in 1974, the book is told mostly from the perspective of Tish, a young Black woman in New York City working to get her boyfriend, Fonny, out ...

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6. www.litcharts.com › lit › if-beale-street-could-talkIf Beale Street Could Talk Study Guide - LitCharts

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   LitCharts offers a comprehensive analysis of James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk, which explores the themes of racism, love, and injustice in 1970s New York. Find plot summary, character profiles, quotes, themes, symbols, and more.

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   Sep 29, 1994 · Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.

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8. www.penguin.co.uk › books › 17394If Beale Street Could Talk - Penguin Books UK

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   Summary. 'Achingly beautiful' Guardian. Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape.

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   Why did James Baldwin write if Beale Street could talk?

   • "How James Baldwin's Writings About Love Evolved: The author is best known for arguing that emotional connection could help heal America's racial divides. But his 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk focused instead on the bonds that held black people together".

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   Who wrote If Beale Street could talk?

   • The fifth novel by celebrated author and activist James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk is a story of love, false imprisonment, and the struggle to live a free life in a racist society.

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   Who is the narrator in if Beale Street could talk?

   • Female Narrator. In If Beale Street Could Talk, Baldwin writes a novel from a woman’s perspective for the first time, making Tish his first female narrator. The best study guide to If Beale Street Could Talk on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes.

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   What happens in if Beale Street could talk?

   • Two days later, Frank’s body is found in the woods in his car, with the doors locked and the motor running. As Joseph tells the family the news, Tish goes into labor. The book closes with Fonny sculpting, hearing the baby cry and cry. A short summary of James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk.

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    A short summary of James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of If Beale Street Could Talk.