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If He Hollers Let Him Go

By Chester Himes

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
1560250976, 9781560250975, 1560254459, 9781560254454, 9997413296, 9789997413291
ASIN
B0006CM2Z8
LCC
PS3515.I713 I3 2002
Open Library ID
OL3670840M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
854 kB (874183 bytes)
Pages
203\124
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published in 1947. The novel takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism. Living in a society that is drenched in race consciousness has no doubt taken a toll on the way Jones behaves, thinks, and feels, especially when, at the end of his story, he is accused of a brutal crime he did not commit. "One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century ... [a] quirky American genius..."—Walter Mosley, author of Bad Boy Brawly Brown, Devil in a Blue Dress "If He Hollers is an austere and concentrated study of black experience, set in southern California in the early forties."—Independent Publisher

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