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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Authors : Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Title : I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Product Category : Books. Binding : Paperback. Condition : Very Good. List Price (MSRP) : 17.00. Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100812980026
ISBN-139780812980028
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038711963
Product Key Features
Book TitleI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicAmerican / African American, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMaya Angelou
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsPraise forI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings "More than a tour de force of language or the story of childhood suffering . . . A summary of the incidents cannot do this book justice; one has to read it to appreciate its sensitivity and life." Newsweek "I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsliberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity." James Baldwin "A beautiful bookan unconditionally involving memoir for our time or any time . . . Maya Angelou is a natural writer with an inordinate sense of life and she has written an exceptional autobiographical narrative." Kirkus Reviews "Simultaneously touching and comic." The New York Times "A heroic and beautiful book." Cleveland Plain Dealer, Praise for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings "More than a tour de force of language or the story of childhood suffering . . . A summary of the incidents cannot do this book justice; one has to read it to appreciate its sensitivity and life." Newsweek " 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 "A beautiful bookan unconditionally involving memoir for our time or any time . . . Maya Angelou is a natural writer with an inordinate sense of life and she has written an exceptional autobiographical narrative." Kirkus Reviews "Simultaneously touching and comic." The New York Times "A heroic and beautiful book." Cleveland Plain Dealer From the Trade Paperback edition., Praise for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings "More than a tour de force of language or the story of childhood suffering . . . A summary of the incidents cannot do this book justice; one has to read it to appreciate its sensitivity and life." Newsweek " 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 "A beautiful bookan unconditionally involving memoir for our time or any time . . . Maya Angelou is a natural writer with an inordinate sense of life and she has written an exceptional autobiographical narrative." Kirkus Reviews "Simultaneously touching and comic." The New York Times "A heroic and beautiful book." Cleveland Plain Dealer, "This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women...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. I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood, when the people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved... Her portrait is a biblical study in life in the midst of death." -- James Baldwin "Simultaneously touching and comic" --The New York Times "It is a heroic and beautiful book." --Clevland Plain Dealer "Maya Angelou is a natural writer with an inordinate sense of life and she has written and exceptional autobiographical narrative... a beautiful book -- an unconditionally involving memoir for our time or any time." --The Kirkus Reviews From the Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal917.3/09/74960924 B
SynopsisMaya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters . Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. " 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
LC Classification NumberPS3551.N464Z466 2015
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- 23 Sep, 2020
A worthy tale of growing up black
Your shipment of what originally had been a free book in a national effort was very disappointingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Sep, 2020
Maya Angelou favorite of all time
This book is a classic..look forward to reading it againVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
