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Yesterday Will Make You Cry - by Chester Himes (Paperback)

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  • From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite it Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery.
  • About the Author: CHESTER HIMES began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 to 1936.
  • 400 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, African American

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"From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series comes a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system. Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips away in total darkness. When a fire breaks out amid these mounting indignities, it unleashes a deadly mayhem that leaves Jimmy feeling as though his entire world is disintegrating. But in its aftermath, he kindles a tender relationship with a fellow convict named Rico and finally catches a glimmer of hope. Searing, exquisitely vivid, and ultimately affirming, Yesterday Will Make You Cry is a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite them"--



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From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite it

Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips away in total darkness. When a fire breaks out amid these mounting indignities, it unleashes a deadly mayhem that leaves Jimmy feeling as though his entire world is disintegrating. But in its aftermath, he kindles a tender relationship with a fellow convict named Rico and finally catches a glimmer of hope.

Searing, exquisitely vivid, and ultimately affirming, Yesterday Will Make You Cry is a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite them.



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Praise for Chester Himes's Yesterday Will Make You Cry

"The book's strengths lie in Himes's unflinching ability to stare down terrible truths and his finely details portrayal of men in conditions of great adversity. . . . the novel's emotional core continues to smolder. Rage tempered with compassion is the backbone of this story--and what makes it eminently worth reading."
--The New York Times

"An illuminating sociological portrait of prison life--certainly one of the best available in fictional form--and adds another intriguing installment to Himes's fascinating oeuvre."
--Washington Post

"[Yesterday Will Make You Cry] is, most beautifully, a love story. . . . What a gift this is to American literature."
--Buffalo News

"Deeply engrossing. . . [A] clear-eyed tale about the brutality, physical and psychological, of prison life witha sensibility that turns agony into th epoetry of pain and loss."
--Dallas Morning News

"[A] unique work and a fascinating one. . . . Himes has long deserved a serious reassessment, and this is a fine place to start."
--Boston Globe

"There could not be a fitter time or place for the publication of this great prison novel than today's United States."
--The Nation

"A textbook performance in whic hall of HImes's gifts come into play: the colorful characters, the ability to create a blunt reality without sacrificing an elegant style, and the trenchant commentary about blacks living in a society that is hostile ot them."
--Ishmael Reed

"Both a superior novel and a moving fictional record of the perseverance of humanity amidst unrelenting degradation."
--Publishers Weekly



About the Author



CHESTER HIMES began his writing career while serving in the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery from 1929 to 1936. From his first novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945), Himes dealt with the social and psychological repercussions of being black in a white-dominated society. Beginning in 1953, Himes moved to Europe, where he met and was strongly influenced by Richard Wright. It was in France that he began his best-known series of crime novels--including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)--featuring two Harlem policemen. As with Himes's earlier work, the series is characterized by violence and grisly, sardonic humor. He died in Spain in 1984.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: African American
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Chester Himes
Language: English
Street Date: March 18, 2025
TCIN: 92295209
UPC: 9780593686669
Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-2286
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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