I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0394429869
- ISBN 13
- 9780394429861
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Titled after a stanza from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of a series of seven autobiographical novels by African-American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Personally deeply involved and affected by the civil rights movement, the volume explores racism and identity in her early life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for the National Book Award in 1970. However, due to its depiction of controversial subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism and rape, the use of the novel in classrooms has been frequently challenged.
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- A Quiet Corner For Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002155
- Title
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Maya Angelou
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0394429869
- ISBN 13
- 9780394429861
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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