Book
Not without laughter
Call Number
- FICTION HUGH (CEN)
Publication Information
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2021.
Physical Description
xxi, 231 pages ; 21 cm.
Series
Summary
"When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers, a young African American boy in small-town Kansas, and of his family--his mother, Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father, Jimboy, who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment; his strong-willed grandmother Hager, who clings to her faith; his Aunt Tempy, who marries a rich man; and his Aunt Harriet, who struggles to make it as a blues singer--Hughes gives the longings and lineaments of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the history of racially divided America."--Provided by publisher.
Notes
"First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1930. Previously published with an introduction by Angela Flournoy in Penguin Books 2018"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Introduction / Angela Flournoy
- Storm
- Conversation
- Jimboy's letter
- Thursday afternoon
- Guitar
- Work
- White folks
- Dance
- Carnival
- Punishment
- School
- Hard winter
- Christmas
- Return
- One by one
- Nothing but love
- Barber-shop
- Children's day
- Ten dollars and costs
- Hey, boy!
- Note to Harriett
- Beyond the Jordan
- Tempy's house
- A shelf of books
- Pool hall
- The doors of life
- Beware of women
- Chicago
- Elevator
- Princess of the blues.