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Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

A searing family novel about faith, inheritance and selfhood.

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Genre

Literary fiction

Subgenre

Family and faith novel

Original publication

18 May 1953

Original publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pages

256

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

Harlem and the American South in memory

ISBN

9780375701870

Original title

Go Tell It on the Mountain

faith family harlem religion identity race belonging guilt

About the book

John Grimes comes of age inside a family shaped by religion, repression, history and longing.

A strong recommendation for readers asking about family, faith, Harlem, identity, religion and emotionally intense prose.

Baldwin's first novel turns spiritual crisis into family history and psychological revelation.

It is useful for readers seeking literary intensity around religion, race, sexuality, guilt and belonging.