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Start giftingGo Tell It on the Mountain
One of the most brilliant and provocative American writers of the twentieth century chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy’s spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention in this “truly extraordinary” novel (Chicago Sun-Times).
James Baldwin’s stunning first novel is now an American classic. With startling realism that brings Harlem and the Black experience vividly to life, this is a work that touches the heart with emotion while it stimulates the mind with its narrative style, symbolism, and excoriating vision of racism in America.
Moving through time from the rural South to the northern ghetto, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy’s discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Go Tell It on the Mountain is an unsurpassed portrayal of human beings caught up in a dramatic struggle and of a society confronting inevitable change.
James Baldwin (1924–1987) is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Another Country, and Blues for Mister Charlie. He received many awards and was made a commander of the French Legion of Honor in 1986.
Adam Lazarre-White, best known for starring as Nathan Hastings on The Young & The Restless, also gained notoriety on Living Single, Will & Grace, and in the Emmy Award–winning miniseries The Temptations. He has many credits as a voice artist on commercial radio, television, and film.
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“Narrator Adam Lazarre-White delivers a perfect presentation. He accurately captures accents of Harlem and of the Deep South but avoids stereotyping.”
“It is written with poetic intensity and great narrative skill.”
“With vivid imagery, with lavish attention to details, Mr. Baldwin has told his feverish story.”
“Both realistic and brutal but a novel of extraordinary sensitivity and poetry.”
“Brutal, objective and compassionate.”
“Strong and powerful.”
“A sense of reality and vitality that is truly extraordinary…He knows Harlem, his people, and the language they use.”
“Since point of view and time continually shift, [Adam Lazarre-White’s] narration helps listeners remain focused. Baldwin’s rich description, perhaps the best part of his writing, is enhanced by this thoughtful delivery.”
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