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Not Without Laughter portrays African-American life in Kansas in the 1910s, focusing on the effects of class and religion on the community. The main storyline focuses on Sandy's "awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of black life in a small Kansas town."
- Langston Hughes
- 1930
Not Without Laughter is a debut in the best of ways: It covers uncharted territory, it compels its readers to see part of the world anew, and it prizes exploration over pat conclusion. Hughes accesses the universal – how all of us love and dream and laugh and cry – by staying faithful to the particulars of his characters and their way of life.
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Published in 1930, near the end of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes's Not Without Laughter is a coming-of-age narrative about James "Sandy" Rogers, an African-American boy from the small Kansas town of Stanton.
When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist.
- Hardcover
Jan 2, 2018 · “Not Without Laughter” is a novel not without forgiveness. Its characters ultimately prize family over their own ideological resolve, though it takes some longer than others to get there.
Sep 5, 2023 · A novel by Langston Hughes about Sandy Rogers, a black boy growing up in Kansas and Chicago. The novel explores his family, education, and career challenges, as well as his humor and creativity.
Jan 16, 2018 · Not Without Laughter. Langston Hughes. Penguin, Jan 16, 2018 - Fiction - 256 pages. Our greatest African American poet’s award-winning first novel, about a black boy’s...
