If Beale Street Could Talk tracing more than fifty years

tracing more than fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood

especially when a diary is involved

Running parallel to this is Minh's story

tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity

If Beale Street Could Talk tracing more than fifty yearsIn this honest and stunning novel, now a major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen year old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their