{"product_id":"the-big-sea-langston-hughes-9780809015498","title":"The Big Sea: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Arnold Rampersad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLangston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. He knew the musicians and dancers, the drunks and dope fiends. In Harlem he was a rising young poet--at the center of the \"Harlem Renaissance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArnold Rampersad writes in his incisive new introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, an American classic: \"This is American writing at its best--simpler than Hemingway; as simple and direct as that of another Missouri-born writer...Mark Twain.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809015498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809015498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hill \u0026amp; Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050929254655,"sku":"9780809015498","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21d317d4-39c5-449e-8268-7460265dfb2a.jpg?v=1685010076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-sea-langston-hughes-9780809015498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}