Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
This novel explores the role of the Christian Church in the lives of African-Americans, both as a source of repression and moral hypocrisy and as a source of inspiration and community. It also, more broadly, examines the role of the Pentecostal Church in the African American experience. The narrative focuses on a fourteen-year-old boy's struggle to discover his identity amidst a family filled with secrets and a life marked by a religious community's strict moral code.
The 246th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1953
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256-320
- Words
- 78,500
- Original Language
- English
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- 16th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 36th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 39th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 41st on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 48th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 78th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 312th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 100 Most Influential Books of the Century (Boston Public Library)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 25 Books by Black Authors You Should Read This February (Oprah Daily)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)