I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

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Maya Angelou's debut memoir has become an classic beloved worldwide. Her six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the her talents and resilience. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover. However, far from being dispiriting, James Baldwin writes, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.'

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  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages

Dimensions

  • H 12.6cm x W 19.6cm x D 3cm

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  • Paper

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Oliver Bonas Customer23/10/23
Wonderful book, painful to read in parts but beautifully written.

Description

Maya Angelou's debut memoir has become an classic beloved worldwide. Her six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the her talents and resilience. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover. However, far from being dispiriting, James Baldwin writes, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.'

Features

  • Author: Maya Angelou
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages

Dimensions

  • H 12.6cm x W 19.6cm x D 3cm

Material & Care

  • Paper

Dimensions

  • H 12.6cm x W 19.6cm x D 3cm
Weight: 
0.26

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