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Release Year
1997
ISBN
9780809016037

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0809016036
ISBN-13
9780809016037
eBay Product ID (ePID)
152824

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Book Title
Short Stories of Langston Hughes
Number of Pages
321 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), African American / General, Literary
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Fiction
Author
Langston Hughes
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.4 in

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Perhaps more than any other writer in American history, Hughes was able to capture 'the Harlemness of the American predicament' (to quote Ralph Ellison's wonderful phrase), in words that had the ring of truth not just in literary circles but in barbershops and beauty parlors of everyday Harlem itself., [Hughes's] fiction...manifests his 'wonder at the world.' As these stories reveal, that wonder has lost little of its shine., "Perhaps more than any other writer in American history, Hughes was able to capture 'the Harlemness of the American predicament' (to quote Ralph Ellison's wonderful phrase), in words that had the ring of truth not just in literary circles but in barbershops and beauty parlors of everyday Harlem itself."--Robert G. O'Meally, New York Newsday "[Hughes's] fiction...manifests his 'wonder at the world.' As these stories reveal, that wonder has lost little of its shine."--Brooke Horvath, The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A good example of how Hughes attempted the balancing act of writing an engaged literary and genuinely popular literature that spoke for and of the everyday lives of African-Americans."--James Smethurst, Chicago Tribune, "Perhaps more than any other writer in American history, Hughes was able to capture 'the Harlemness of the American predicament' (to quote Ralph Ellison's wonderful phrase), in words that had the ring of truth not just in literary circles but in barbershops and beauty parlors of everyday Harlem itself." -- Robert G. O'Meally, New York Newsday "[Hughes's] fiction...manifests his 'wonder at the world.' As these stories reveal, that wonder has lost little of its shine." -- Brooke Horvath, The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A good example of how Hughes attempted the balancing act of writing an engaged literary and genuinely popular literature that spoke for and of the everyday lives of African-Americans." -- James Smethurst, Chicago Tribune, A good example of how Hughes attempted the balancing act of writing an engaged literary and genuinely popular literature that spoke for and of the everyday lives of African-Americans.
Table Of Content
Introduction Bodies in the Moonlight The Young Glory of Him The Little Virgin Luani of the Jungles Slave on the Block Cora Unashamed The Blues I'm Playing Why, You Reckon? Little Old Spy Spanish Blood On the Road Gumption Professor Big Meeting Trouble with the Angels Tragedy at the Baths Slice Him Down African Morning 'Tain't So One Friday Morning Heaven to Hell Breakfast in Virginia Saratoga Rain Who's Passing for Who? On the Way Home Name in the Papers Sailor Ashore Something in Common Mysterious Madame Shanghai Never Room with a Couple Powder-white Faces Pushcart Man Rouge High Patron of the Arts Thank You, M'am Sorrow for a Midget Blessed Assurance Early Autumn Fine Accommodations The Gun His Last Affair No Place to Make Love Rock, Church Appendix: Early Stories Mary Winosky Those Who Have No Turkey Seventy-Five Dollars The Childhood of Jimmy Publication History of Hughes's Short Stories
Synopsis
The Short Stories of Langston Hughes, written between 1919 and 1963, showcases the author's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for elucidating the most vexing questions of American race relations and human nature in general., The Short Stories of Langston Hughes This collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for elucidating the most vexing questions of American race relations and human nature in general., Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci now a book with extra bits! Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next 'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient especially when you lose them as easily as he does! Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action…

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  • by soclean318
    06 Jul, 2016

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    This is a great read. Langston Hughes has been my favorite poet since I was a kid. His stories are exciting and very compelling.

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