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Title: Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes ISBN: 0-02-020985-1 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Book For All Races
Comment: I cannot stress enough how much I like this book, and all of Langston Hughes' writings. He is my favorite author, poet, playright and I always enjoy his work. No mattter what race you are (I myself happen to be white), you should be able to realize the social importance of all of Langston Hughes' work. This particular book really sheds light on the plight of so many black people that really isn't tought to young people. The progression that all the characters make in this book is really written quite well. I liked the fact that the book took place over a long period of time. Also, there are some events and plots that are unexpected, but definitely realistic.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of a Kind
Comment: I had to read a book for a book report due in a week. I was beginning to feel hopeless before I stumbled onto this in the library. Langston Hughes is an amazing Writer and poet. This was the first of his novels that I have read and I think it couldn't have been more perfect. This book is so rich in its characters and Hughes shows no mercy in telling of the bittersweet culture that engulfs the world of Sandy and his family. After reading this book, the beauty of this people was more evident than ever before. With words that are lovely and flowing and thoughts that are deep and abundant, Hughes is a person whom I wish was still with us.
Rating: 5
Summary: Laughter and Living
Comment: Despite his considerable output of poetry, short stories and autobiographical work, this is Langston Hughes' only novel. It is the tremendously crafted story of Sandy, a black child of the 1920s in rural Kansas. In poignant tightly written chapters, Hughes' depicts various events in Sandy's life often slipping into the perspective of those closest to him. Sandy lives most his life with his strong-willed and deeply religious grandmother Aunt Hager. She is a benevolent woman who desires peaceful racial relations despite the overwhelming amount of racism and discrimination professed by both white and black community members. Sandy's mother Annjee is a loving and hard working woman eternally devoted to her husband Jimboy who is a good hearted man constantly on the move. Sandy's aunt Tempy is a well-off woman trying to immerse herself in white society and denigrating her own race in the process. His other aunt Harriett is a wilful woman who turns from the church for a different kind of existence. Through these expertly drawn characters, Sandy views their examples and he must make the choices that will effect his future. The novel is a tremendous chronicle of the struggle of a family to survive financially. It gives accounts of the psychological dilemma created by growing in a racially divided society and the diffuse joy in life that can be found even in troubling circumstances.
Maya Angelou wrote of Not Without Laughter: "This book was written when preachers had to be poets and poets were preachers, because they needed to be available to all the people all the time." The messages this novel gives are not subtle. But, through its varied perspectives and eloquently written prose, it envelops the issues it preaches with emotionally edifying ideas. It leaves the reader with a feeling of deep connection to all the characters, particularly the beautiful Sandy in whom we invest our hope and trust to fulfil his potential to become a good, intelligent and strong man who does not feel limited by his racial heritage despite any restrictions society may attempt to place for him. Although it may be a shame that Hughes never wrote another novel as he aptly demonstrated his skill in this one, Not Without Laughter stands as shining work be a skilled artist.
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Title: The Ways of White Folks : Stories by Langston Hughes ISBN: 0679728171 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad, Langston Hughes ISBN: 0679764089 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Big Sea : An Autobiography by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad ISBN: 0809015498 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: I Wonder as I Wander : An Autobiographical Journey by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad ISBN: 0809015501 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Best of Simple by Langston Hughes ISBN: 0374521336 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 28 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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