Go tell it on the mountain - ComeLibros Club

378 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 1998 by McDougal Littell.

ISBN:: 978-0-395-86994-9
OCLC Number:: 39753456

(2 reviews)

The story of John Grimes, a young Black man living in Harlem in the 1930s and his relationship with his strict storefront preacher-father, Gabriel, who had moved from the South to escape his past. The story also follows the difficult passage of the son of a stoically courageous mother to manhood amid the family's past from the Deep South to Depression-era Harlem.

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caracabe reviewed Go tell it on the mountain by James Baldwin

Review of Go Tell it on the Mountain

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Like the protagonist, John, I grew up in an ultra-religious Christian household. If you don’t have that background, this novel might not speak as directly and intimately to you as it does to me. I call John the protagonist, but there are multiple viewpoints, including John’s preacher stepfather, his reprobate aunt, and his mother. The story branches off from a church service into their various sins and sufferings, past and present. There are no easy answers here, only understanding. I cried more than once, sometimes while also laughing in recognition.

Chris Kara

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September 21

Subjects

African American men
Juvenile fiction
African American families
Parent and child

Places

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)
New York
Harlem