256 pages
English language
Published 1953 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
256 pages
English language
Published 1953 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Baldwin's first novel tells of the spiritual awakening of 14-year-old John Grimes during a Saturday night service in a Harlem church, while his parents, praying beside him, struggle with their knowledge of past sins.