The Ways of White Folks
$30.48
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2023
Summary
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.
THE CELEBRATED SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE AMERICAN POET AND WRITER OFTEN CALLED THE ‘POET LAUREATE OF HARLEM’
A black maid forms a close bond with the daughter of the cruel white couple for whom she works. Two rich, white artists hire a black model to pose as a slave. A white-passing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784877415 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784877417 |
| Author: | Langston Hughes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 17mm |
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‘Powerful, polemical pieces’
‘Powerful, polemical pieces’
* New York Times *‘Some of the best stories that have appeared in this country in years’ * North American Review *
About The Author
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most influential American writers of the twentieth century. Hughes published more than thirty-five books, including his award-winning debut novel, Not Without Laughter, and the short story collection, The Ways of White Folks. His journalism and non-fiction became important documents in the support and promotion of the civil rights movement.
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