{"product_id":"james-baldwin-box-set-9780593688120","title":"James Baldwin Box Set","description":"\u003cb\u003eA box set of James Baldwin's principal novels, featuring \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1953, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e was James Baldwin's first major work, based in part on his own childhood. With lyrical precision and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a Pentecostal storefront church in Harlem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Giovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. One of the first novels to openly explore the theme of homosexuality, it paved the way for generations of gay and lesbian novelists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime --a profoundly moving novel about love in the face of injustice that is as socially resonant today as it was when it was first published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis stunningly designed slipcase with art by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney will make the perfect perennial gift and keepsake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593688120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.13lbs","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033803714741,"sku":"9780593688120","price":43.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_afe15de7-a992-4868-b769-4a22fc1dda61.jpg?v=1713886244","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/james-baldwin-box-set-9780593688120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}