The amen corner : a play / by James Baldwin.

New York : Dial Press, 1968.

xvii, 91 pages ; 24 cm

BEIN JWJ Zan B193 968A: First printing. Dust jacket with original price label.

"Jacket illustration by The Dillons"--Dust jacket.

First published in 1954, this three-act-play by James Baldwin looks at the role of a church in an African-American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on an African-American community. Margaret Alexander, the pastor of a "corner church" in Harlem, begins to lose everything once her long-estranged (and now ailing) husband, Luke, returns for a visit. He reveals a truth that causes Margaret to lose not only her church, but also her son, David.

English

November 29, 2022