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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Narrative Type
Classics
Type
Book
Intended Audience
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ISBN
9780679728177

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679728171
ISBN-13
9780679728177
eBay Product ID (ePID)
334392

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ways of White Folks : Stories
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), African American / General, African American / Historical, General, Historical
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Poetry, Fiction
Author
Langston Hughes
Book Series
Vintage Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-050180
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Some of the best stories that have appeared in this country in years." - Herschel Brickell, North American Review "Powerful, polemical pieces." - David Herbert Donald, The New York Times
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Table Of Content
1 Cora Unashamed 2 Slave on the Block 3 Home 4 Passing 5 A Good Job Gone 6 Rejuvenation Through Joy 7 The Blues I'm Playing 8 Red-Headed Baby 9 Poor Little Black Fellow 10 Little Dog 11 Berry 12 Mother and Child 13 One Christmas Eve 14 Father and Son
Synopsis
A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in the 1920s and '30s. One of the most important writers to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes may be best known as a poet, but these stories showcase his talent as a lively storyteller. His work blends elements of blues and jazz, speech and song, into a triumphant and wholly original idiom. Stories included in this collection: "Cora Unashamed" "Slave on the Block" "Home" "Passing" "A Good Job Gone" "Rejuvenation Through Joy" "The Blues I'm Playing" "Red-Headed Baby" "Poor Little Black Fellow" "Little Dog" "Berry" "Mother and Child" "One Christmas Eve" "Father and Son", Perhaps more than any other writer, Langston Hughes made the white America of the 1920s and '30s aware of the black culture thriving in its midst. Like his most famous poems, Hughes's stories are messages from that other America, sharply etched vignettes of its daily life, cruelly accurate portrayals of black people colliding -- sometimes humorously, more often tragically -- with whites. Here is the ailing black musician who comes home from Europe to die in his small town -- only to die more quickly and brutally than he had imagined. Here are the wealthy bohemians who collect Negroes like so many objets d'art ... the moonlighting student who becomes the reluctant confidante of a boozy white Don Juan ... the elegant charlatan who peddles "real, primitive jazz out of Africa" as a nostrum to the spiritually starved elite. Filled with mordant wit and human detail, The Ways of White Folks is unmistakably the work of a great poet who was also a shrewd and compelling storyteller. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
PS3515.U274W3 1990

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  • by andremcclai_8
    14 Dec, 2021

    A great book.

    This is a great book. I'm a big Langston Hughes fan. His story telling is without peer. He tells stories in this book that are short yet powerful. A must read for anyone who's a fan of his writing or poems.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: greatbookprices1

  • by arich12809
    29 Dec, 2024

    Item a bit bruised for my liking. Inside...

    Item a bit bruised for my liking. Inside clean.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: betterworldbooks

  • by j30toyota
    07 Oct, 2021

    Just right!

    Delighted to have such an outstanding person's book in my collection!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by higgi749
    09 Mar, 2022

    The Ways of the White Folks

    Awesome!!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by relainep
    28 Sep, 2015

    thank you.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: 2wingsrock

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