Not Without Laughter
- Auteur: Langston Hughes (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Harlem Renaissance roman uit 1930
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin
- Omvang; 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Langston Hughes Not Without Laughter recensie, review en informatie
- “Hughes gives his readers… a guide for careful consideration of the lives of everyday black people. Such a guide is still useful to readers and writers today. Perhaps now more than ever.” (Angela Flournoy, New York Times)
Flaptekst van de debuutroman uit 1930 van Langston Hughes
In a poor town in Kansas, an African American family struggles. At its centre sits Sandy Rodgers – a young boy attempting to find purpose amid the chaos, meagreness and music of his surroundings. His narrative intertwines with those of his family – his wandering father, his fervent grandmother, his blues-singing aunt – to create a brilliantly intricate portrait of Black life in the early twentieth century. Not Without Laughter, Langston Hughes’ unforgettable debut novel, is a landmark in the history of a racially divided America and one of the jewels of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes (1 February 1901, Joplin, Missouri – 22 May 1967, New York City) was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most influential and acclaimed American 
writers of the twentieth century. A renowned poet from a young age, Hughes’ first collection of poetry, The Weary Blues, was published when he was just 24. He would go on to publish more than thirty-five books, including his award-winning debut novel, Not Without Laughter, and the short story collection, The Ways of White Folks. His widely-read journalism and nonfiction became important documents in the support and promotion of the civil rights movement.