{"product_id":"bird-at-my-window-rosa-guy-9781566891110","title":"Bird at My Window","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What happens to a dream deferred?\" asked Langston Hughes. \u003ci\u003eBird at My Window\u003c\/i\u003e answers that question with a psychological study of a black man whose aspirations are subverted by his environment. Wade Williams wakes up in a mental hospital and is told he has assaulted his sister. As he retraces his steps during the course of the novel, the rich complexity of mid-twentieth-century Harlem and its problematic relationship to its residents is revealed in this powerful cultural critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosa Guy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1928 in Trinidad, and came to the United States in 1932. The author of fifteen novels and the editor and translator of several volumes, Guy is the founder of the Harlem Writer's Guild. She lives in New York, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosa Guy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566891116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.49w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMosaic\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 29","brand":"Rosa Guy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985154900223,"sku":"9781566891110","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cddde07-0851-4839-a60e-c2ce32f562bb.jpg?v=1683275874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bird-at-my-window-rosa-guy-9781566891110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}