If Beale Street Could Talk
About this book
Like the blues -- sweet, sad and full of truth -- this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of a black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realisitic tale... a powerful endictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 88671 readers · 197 pages · ≈ 3 h 39 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read If Beale Street Could Talk?
About ≈ 3 h 39 m — 197 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is If Beale Street Could Talk?
197 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is If Beale Street Could Talk?
It sits on the Romance, Fiction shelves.
Has If Beale Street Could Talk been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include If Beale Street Could Talk (2019), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
Is If Beale Street Could Talk in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote If Beale Street Could Talk?
James Baldwin.