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A review by categal
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
4.0
Wow, just wow. I'm taking a ride with James Baldwin this summer, and it is fantastic. This was his first novel, semi-autobiographical, and just amazing.
Our man John Grimes wakes on the morning of his 14th birthday: we see the world through his eyes, we learn of the the members of his family, and then in the second part of the book, we go way into the lives of those family members. Way down deep, so that subsequent dialogue hits you like a freight train because you know the history of everyone in the room.
whew.
Our man John Grimes wakes on the morning of his 14th birthday: we see the world through his eyes, we learn of the the members of his family, and then in the second part of the book, we go way into the lives of those family members. Way down deep, so that subsequent dialogue hits you like a freight train because you know the history of everyone in the room.
whew.