The amen corner: a play
For years, Sister Margaret Alexander has moved her Harlem congregation with a mixture of personal charisma and ferocious piety. But when Margaret's estranged husband, a scapegrace jazz musician, comes home to die, she is in danger of losing both her standing in the church and the son she has tried to keep on the godly path.
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- Full title :The amen corner : a play / by James Baldwin.
Summary
For years, Sister Margaret Alexander has moved her Harlem congregation with a mixture of personal charisma and ferocious piety. But when Margaret's estranged husband, a scapegrace jazz musician, comes home to die, she is in danger of losing both her standing in the church and the son she has tried to keep on the godly path.
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- Publication Date:©1968
- Edition:First Vintage International edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):A division of Random House, Inc, Vintage Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1968
Notes
"First Vintage International edition, February 1998; Copyright © 1968 by James Baldwin; Copyright renewed 1996 by the James Baldwin Estate"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 89 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0375701885, 9780375701887
- oclc:ocm37615768
- LC Classification:PS3552.A45
- Dewey Decimal:812/.54
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