If Beale Street Could Talk

In this heartfelt and searing novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of young lovers in the face of racism. Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, is deeply in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her unborn child. Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned for sixteen years. A passionate love story about two people who do everything possible to be together but must still face an uncertain future, Baldwin's story exposes the turbulent sixties when old attitudes die hard. 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.