I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good Slip Case. Superficial marking to the slip case, a decent copy otherwise.
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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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
- BookLovers of Bath (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197116
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Maya Angelou
- Illustrator
- Shabazz Larkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Slip Case (No Dust Wrapper.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good Slip Case. Superficial marking to the slip case, a decent copy otherwise.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- fictitious childhood, childhood novels, childhood fiction, childhood stories, fictional childhoods, african-american novels, women authors novels, books by maya angelou, shabazz larkin, tayari jones
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