Bird At My Window

Rosa Guy

ISBN 10: 0850316219 / ISBN 13: 9780850316216

Published by Allison & Busby, 1985

About this Item

282 pages. "What happens to a dream deferred?" asked Langston Hughes. Bird at My Window answers that question with a psychological study of a black man whose aspirations are subverted by his environment. Wade Williams wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As he retraces his steps during the course of the novel, the rich complexity of mid-twentieth-century Harlem and its problematic relationship to its residents is revealed in this powerful cultural critique. Rosa Guy was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer s Guild. She lives in New York, New York. (SL#53/1).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bird At My Window
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850316219
• ISBN 13: 9780850316216
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Caribbean literature

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Synopsis

"What happens to a dream deferred?" asked Langston Hughes. Bird at My Window answers that question with a psychological study of a black man whose aspirations are subverted by his environment. Wade Williams wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As he retraces his steps during the course of the novel, the rich complexity of mid-twentieth-century Harlem and its problematic relationship to its residents is revealed in this powerful cultural critique. Rosa Guy was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer's Guild. She lives in New York, New York.

About the Author

Born in 1928 in Trinidad, Rosa Guy came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer's Guild. Her work has received many accolades, including the Coretta Scott King Award, the New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year citation, and the American Library Association's Best Book award.