Bird at My Window

by Rosa Guy

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891116
• ISBN13: 9781566891110
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"