An edition of Blues For Mister Charlie: A Play (1964)

Blues for Mister Charlie

A Play

1st Vintage International ed.

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An edition of Blues For Mister Charlie: A Play (1964)

Blues for Mister Charlie

A Play

1st Vintage International ed.

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 90 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.

In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.

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Publisher
Vintage International
Language
English
Pages
121

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Subjects
American drama, Drama, African Americans, Racism, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, Theater programs, Specimens, Habimah
People
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
Places
United States, Israel

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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play
1995, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
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Blues for mister charlie: a play
1964, Delacorte
in English
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Cover of: Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie: a play.
1964, Dial Press
in English
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Blues for Mister Charlie
1964, Dell Pub.
in English
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Blues for Mister Charlie: a drama in three acts
1964, French
in English
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New York
Genre
Drama.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
812/.54
Library of Congress
PS3552.A45 B5 1995, PS3552.A45B5 1995, PS 3552 .A45 B5 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 121 p. ;
Number of pages
121

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1099089M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0679761780
LCCN
94023842
OCLC/WorldCat
31518710
Library Thing
233701
Goodreads
38473

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