White Mans Justice, Black Man's Grief - Couverture souple

Goines, Donald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 087067885X ISBN 13 : 9780870678851

Editeur : Holloway House Publishing,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Book by Goines Donald

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Goines' classic novel of prison life, it has been called "one of the most revealing books ever written about prison life and bigotry built into our system." This is the story of Chester Hines, who thought he was the baddest man to come down the street. Behind prison walls he was nothing more than fresh meat.

“All those [other black] writers, no matter how well they dealt with black experience, appealed largely to an educated, middle-class, largely white readership. They brought news of one place to the residents of another. Goines’ novels, on the other hand , are written from ground zero. They are almost unbearable. It is not the educated voice of a writer who has, so to speak, risen above his background, it is the voice of the ghetto itself.” --Michael Covino The Village Voice

Biographie de l'auteur :

Donald Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. He joined the U.S. Air Force instead of going into his family’s dry cleaning business. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. While he was in prison, Goines wrote his first two novels, Dopefiend: The Story of a Black Junkie and Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp. Goines was shot to death in 1974.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Holloway House Publishing,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 087067885X
• ISBN 13: 9780870678851
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 239