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Not without laughter

The novel of a young black boy's awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of blacklife in a small Kansas town.

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  • "Not without laughter"
  • "Not without laughter"@it

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  • "Not without laughter portrays African American life in the 1910s, focusing on character development rather than plot. However, The main storyline focuses on Sandy's "awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of black life in a small Kansas town.""
  • "The novel of a young black boy's awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of blacklife in a small Kansas town."@en
  • "In a small Kansas town, a young African-American boy questions his place in society and learns to follow his dreams."@en
  • "An African American family attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town before World War I."
  • "A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, poet Hughes wrote only one novel but it is an incredibly powerful and moving work. This 1930s coming-of-age tale, which unfolds amid an African-American family in rural Kansas, explores the dilemmas of life in a racially divided society. Show More Show Less."
  • "Langston Hughes was one of the best-known poets in modern America and his first novel, "Not Without Laughter," is undoubtedly his finest prose. A classic of African-American literature, it is the poignant story of a young black boy's awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of black life in a small Kansas town. Published in 1930, "Not Without Laughter" is a pioneering work of fiction, and has been in print ever since. This work is now available in trade paperback with a new introduction by best-selling author and poet Maya Anagelou and a foreword by writer Arna Bontemps."
  • "Depicts a Black family's attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town."
  • "Depicts a Black family's attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town."@en
  • "Verhaal over een negerjongen die volwassen wordt in een kleine stad in Kansas."
  • "Langston Hughes' first novel depicts an African American family's attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town and a boy's coming of age."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromane"
  • "Bildungsromane"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Pero con risas ... novela"
  • "Sandy och Harriett"@sv
  • "Sandy och Harriett"
  • "Tant hagers barn"
  • "Not without laughter : with an introduction"
  • "Piccola America negra : romanzo"
  • "Sandy"
  • "Pero con risas ... : novela"@es
  • "Smekh skovzʹ slezy avtorizovannyĭ perevod s angliĭskogo V. Stanevich"
  • "Piccola America negra; romanzo"
  • "Not without laughter : [a novel]"
  • "Smekh skovzʹ slezy"
  • "Not without Laughter"
  • "Not Without Laughter"
  • "Piccola America negra"@it
  • "Sandy, Not without laughter"
  • "Tant Hagers barn"@sv
  • "Not without laughter : With an introd. by Arna Bontemps"
  • "Not without laughter"
  • "Not without laughter"@es
  • "Not without laughter"@en
  • "Not Without Laughter Paper"
  • "Niet zonder lachen"
  • "Not without Laughter. [A novel.]"
  • "Not without Laughter. [A novel.]"@en
  • "Pero con risas : novela"

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