If Beale Street Could Talk centrifugal force in the life

centrifugal force in the life of her young husband

tracing more than fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood

a "sharply stylish" (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society--now with over one million readers worldwide

tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity

A luminous portrait of a marriage

If Beale Street Could Talk centrifugal force in the lifeIn this honest and stunning novel, now a major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen year old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their