I know why the caged bird sings
by Maya Angelou
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Gently Loved
- ISBN 10
- 0345514408
- ISBN 13
- 9780345514400
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About This Item
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey endure the ach of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrach". At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age-and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns about love for herself, and the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
Poet and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic that will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
Synopsis
Titled after a stanza from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of a series of seven autobiographical novels by African-American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Personally deeply involved and affected by the civil rights movement, the volume explores racism and identity in her early life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for the National Book Award in 1970. However, due to its depiction of controversial subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism and rape, the use of the novel in classrooms has been frequently challenged.
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Details
- Bookseller
- P.G's Storybook Emporium (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABB06289P
- Title
- I know why the caged bird sings
- Author
- Maya Angelou
- Book Condition
- Used - Gently Loved
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345514408
- ISBN 13
- 9780345514400
- Publisher
- Ballintine
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2009-04-21
- Pages
- 289
- Keywords
- Maya Angelou, autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction;
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