Blues for Mister Charlie
Autor: | Baldwin, James |
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EAN: | 9780679761785 |
Sachgruppe: | Pädagogik |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 144 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 25.04.1995 |
Untertitel: | A Play |
Schlagworte: | Plays / Drama |
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In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.