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Manchild in the Promised Land
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
With more than two million copies in print, Manchild in the Promised Land is one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time - the definitive account of African-American youth in Harlem of the 1940s and 1950s, and a seminal work of modern literature.
Published during a literary era marked by the ascendance of Black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s.
When the book was first published in 1965, it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem - the children, young people, hardworking parents; the hustlers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and numbers runners; the police; the violence, sex, and humor.
The book continues to resonate generations later, not only because of its fierce and dignified anger, not only because the struggles of urban youth are as deeply felt today as they were in Brown’s time, but also because of its inspiring message. Now with an introduction by Nathan McCall, here is the story about the one who “made it” - the boy who kept landing on his feet and grew up to become a man.
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- 15-07-24
The narration takes an already incredible story to another level
I cannot rate this audiobook highly enough. The narrator puts his heart and soul into every bit of dialogue. It really brings this book to life. So great to hear proper slang from that era, with people called ‘cats’ and ‘hip’. The true story is occasionally funny, often harrowing, and always page-turning, and provides a raw glimpse into poverty in 1940s and 50s Harlem. I am about two thirds of the way through the book and am hooked. Lots of racist, misogynistic, and homophobic language throughout but - it was written over 50 years ago from a guy who grew up in extreme poverty so kind of to be expected. I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this era, and to hear it narrated in this way increases the quality of the experience even further.
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