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Black Misery Hardcover Langston Hughes
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Special Attributes
- EX-LIBRARY
- Publication Name
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- ISBN
- 9780195091144
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195091140
ISBN-13
9780195091144
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59634
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Misery
Number of Pages
72 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Humor / General
Illustrator
Yes, Arouni
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction, Science
Book Series
The ^Aiona and Peter Opie Library of Children's Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
5.6 in
Item Width
7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
93-049590
Reviews
"Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."--Times Educational Supplement "Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."--Booklist "Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."--MetroKids, "Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."--Times Educational Supplement"Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."--Booklist"Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."--MetroKids, "Hughes's captions for Arouni's watercolor illustrations were written in the heat of the integration battle, but their perceptive snapshots of the more subtle effects of racism do not date."-- Times Educational Supplement "Hughes's wry, understated wit, his lyrical honesty about bigotry and hard times...make you grin, even as you wince at their painful truths."-- Booklist "Langston Hughes captures the daily trials of growing up black in his endearing but pointed book."-- MetroKids
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
First Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
811/.5/2
Synopsis
Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. The short but powerful one-sentence captions, along with Arouni's black and white drawings, tell of the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. The mix of hope and dismay that characterized that decade is still real and immediate after 25 years. Black Misery, first published in 1969, was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript., Black Misery was first published in 1969, but the gentle, funny, and sometimes melancholy words of Langston Hughes still cause a blink of recognition. After 25 years, it remains relevant in our own time. As you turn the pages you may say, "I remember feeling like that!" You may say, "I feel like that now." As you look at Arouni's black and white illustrations and read the short but powerful one sentence captions, you feel the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. You feel the mix of hope and dismay that characterized the decade. Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. Today--just as we did 25 years ago-we smile and even laugh, and we also understand that some things are more than hard, are more than sad. They are pure misery. Black Misery was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript., Black Misery was first published in 1969, but the gentle, funny, and sometimes melancholy words of Langston Hughes still cause a blink of recognition. After 25 years, it remains relevant in our own time. As you turn the pages you may say, "I remember feeling like that " You may say, "I feel like that now." As you look at Arouni's black and white illustrations and read the short but powerful one sentence captions, you feel the predicament of a black child adjusting to the new world of integration of the 1960s. You feel the mix of hope and dismay that characterized the decade. Langston Hughes was a writer who often made his readers ask hard questions about life. In Black Misery he wrote about prejudice and indifference, but he wrote with humor and compassion. Today--just as we did 25 years ago-we smile and even laugh, and we also understand that some things are more than hard, are more than sad. They are pure misery. Black Misery was the last book that Langston Hughes wrote. He died in May 1967, while working on the manuscript.
LC Classification Number
PS3515.U274B5 1994
As told to
O'Meally, Robert G.
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