Word: novelizations
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...streets of Harlem that comprise the backdrop for Baker’s World War II-era novel are littered with ironic juxtapositions. Not the least of these is Striver’s Row, the elite black neighborhood where striving for anything seems perpetually futile...
...presence of Malcolm X in the novel surprisingly does not overshadow the other characters. The depiction of Malcolm Little—called “Red” by the dodgy crowd into which he predictably falls prey—as a young boy in Harlem is, at first, somewhat generic. He is the archetypal young arrival to the city that “wanted to see everything, to find whatever there was to find,” but manages only to find crime and a drug-induced stupor...
...novel for instance, Malcolm knew, according to Baker, “that he was surely moving toward his own glorious destiny...
...chance interactions between the two protagonists illuminate the suffering that both endure, and this is a great source of power in the fictional aspect of the novel. But the fantasy is steeped richly in the historical portrait of Harlem, and Baker’s talent is showcased through this recreation...
...might write a very gossipy, fictionalized, novel about the poetry community.” She joked, “I am sure they will make a movie...