Bird at My Window
Autor Rosa Guyen Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 2001
"What happens to a dream deferred?" asked Langston Hughes. Bird at My Window answers that question with a psychological study of a black man whose aspirations are subverted by his environment. Wade Williams wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As he retraces his steps during the course of the novel, the rich complexity of mid-twentieth-century Harlem and its problematic relationship to its residents is revealed in this powerful cultural critique.
Rosa Guy was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer’s Guild. She lives in New York, New York.
Rosa Guy was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer’s Guild. She lives in New York, New York.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781566891110
ISBN-10: 1566891116
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 139 x 216 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Coffee House Press
Locul publicării:Canada
ISBN-10: 1566891116
Pagini: 220
Dimensiuni: 139 x 216 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Coffee House Press
Locul publicării:Canada
Descriere
Guy's powerful novel follows Wade Williams, a brilliant, young black man who wakes in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As Wade retraces his steps, Guy astutely reveals the rich complexity of mid-20th century Harlem.
Notă biografică
Born in Trinidad, Rosa Guy (1922-2012) was the author of fifteen novels, including Bird at My Window, The Friends, and A Measure of Time. She was a co-founder of both the Harlem Writer’s Guild and the Black Arts Movement. Guy received the Coretta Scott King Award, the American Library Association’s Best Book Award, and the Phyllis Wheatley Award, given by the Harlem Book Fair. Guy lived in New York City.