Manchild in the Promised Land - Softcover

Brown, Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451168275 ISBN 13: 9780451168276

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

The autobiography of Claude Brown from his childhood amidst the temptations and frustrations of Harlem to the triumph over himself and his surroundings

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Review

"Atlanta Journal" He writes about his life -- and Harlem -- with frank, brutal, and beautiful power. Mr. Brown's graphic narrative will make you laugh, cry, think, and possibly understand.

Romulus Linney "The New York Times Book Review" It is written with brutal and unvarnished honesty in the plain talk of the people, in language that is fierce, uproarious, obscene and tender.

Daniel A. Poling Brown's Harlem is alive in a way that no black ghetto has heretofore been brought to life between book jackets.

James Baldwin A tremendous achievement.

Norman Mailer The first thing I ever read which gave me an idea of what it would be like day by day if I'd grown up in Harlem.

Dick Schaap "Books" This is a magnificent book, not a good book, not an interesting book, a magnificent book....It is a guided tour of hell conducted by a man who broke out.

Tom Wolfe "New York Herald Tribune" Incredible! No Negro writer ever told the whole street thing in Harlem: Claude Brown is the first.

Nat Hentoff "Book Week" Sprung from the alley, a rare cat...As a survivor among the dying and the dead, Brown tells it like it was-and like it still is.

Tom Wolfe "Manchild in the Promised Land" is Claude Brown's unforgettable epic of growing up as a boy on the streets of Harlem. His Zola-esque gift for slices of life is made all the more striking by his brilliant insights into character and social pressures.

William Mathes "Los Angeles Times" Sometimes a unique voice speaks out so clearly and with so much passion that it comes to speak for an era, a generation, a people...and we have to listen.

About the Author

Nathan McCall teaches at Emory University in Atlanta, and has previously worked as a reporter for The Washington Post. His autobiography Makes Me Wanna Holler was a NewYork Times best-seller and has sold over 600,000 copies to date. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Claude Brown grew up on the streets of Harlem and became a gang member at the age of ten. After serving three terms in reform school, he left Harlem for Greenwich Village at the age of seventeen. Supporting himself with various jobs, he completed high school and then went on to receive his B.A. from Howard University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451168275
• ISBN 13: 9780451168276
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432