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Yesterday Will Make You Cry
Contributor(s): Himes, Chester B. (Author)

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ISBN: 039331829X     ISBN-13: 9780393318296
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $21.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 1999
* Out of Print *

Annotation: First published in reduced and bowdlerized form in 1952 as Cast the First Stone, Yesterday Will Make You Cry was Chester Himes's first, most powerful, and autobiographical novel. This Old School Books edition presents it for the first time precisely as Himes wrote it, a sardonic masterpiece of debasement and transfiguration in an American penitentiary and one of his most enduring literary achievements.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | African American - Historical
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 97040364
Lexile Measure: 930(Not Available)
Series: Old School Books
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.51" W x 8.56" L (1.02 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
A classic restored-the complete and unexpurgated text of a great African-American writer's brutal and lyrical novel of prison life. First published in reduced and bowdlerized form in 1952 as Cast the First Stone, Yesterday Will Make You Cry was Chester Himes's first, most powerful, and autobiographical novel. This Old School Books edition presents it for the first time precisely as Himes wrote it, a sardonic masterpiece of debasement and transfiguration in an American penitentiary and one of his most enduring literary achievements.

Contributor Bio(s): Himes, Chester: - After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously charming African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who attempt to maintain some kind of order in a series of violent and funny page-turners.Peebles, Melvin Van: - Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and composer.Gerald, Marc: - Marc Gerald was the managing editor for True Detective and a writer for America's Most Wanted.
 
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