Return of Simple
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Book Overview
Collected humorous stories from Langston Hughes's column in the Chicago Defender, The Return of Simple chronicles the life and struggles of Jesse B. Semple, and are considered by many to represent the author's finest work.
From his familiar perch in a fictional Harlem bar, Simple held forth on a variety of subjects--low wages, interracial marriage, birth control, race riots, the police--then central to Black life in urban America...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080901582X
ISBN13:9780809015825
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Length:218 Pages
Weight:0.64 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
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Yallo! This is a great review...read it!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Hughes really takes advantage of his natural African-American 'relaxed & jazzy' instincts in these works. Enjoy
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