I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$24.58
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2009
Summary
Maya Angelou’s memoir is a modern American classic, capturing the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right.
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345514400 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345514408 |
| Author: | Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2009 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 105mm x 174mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
Critics Review
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.
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