Baldwin James. Go Tell It on the Mountain

New York: Laurel, 1985. — 224 p.James Baldwin's stunning first novel (published in 1953) is now an American classic. With startling realism that brings Harlem and the black experience vividly to life, this is a work that touches the heart with emotion while it stimulates the mind with its narrative style, symbolism, and excoriating vision of racism in America.
Moving through time from the rural South to the northern ghetto, starkly contrasting the attitudes of two generations of an embattled family Go Tell It on the Mountain is an unsurpassed portrayal of human beings caught up in a dramatic struggle and of a society confronting inevitable change.
James Baldwin, one of America's most celebrated authors, has written fifteen books and co-authored four others. His widely acclaimed works have profoundly altered America's social and literary consciousness. Among his awards are the Partisan Review Fellowship, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.