Not Without Laughter

ISBN: 0020209851

Author: Langston Hughes

Condition: New

Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes proves himself one of modern literatures most revered and versatile African-American authors with Not Without Laughter, a powerful classic novel.This is a moving portrait of African-American family life in 1930s Kansas, following young Sandy Rogers as he comes of age. Sandys mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for a rich white family, while his father traverses the country in search of work.Not Without Laughter is a moving examination of growing up in a racially divided society. A rich and important work, Hughes deftly echoes the Black American experience with this novel.