--- product_id: 130681740 title: "Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International)" price: "611899₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/130681740-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-vintage-international store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International) **Price:** 611899₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International) - **How much does it cost?** 611899₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/130681740-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-vintage-international) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International): 9780375701870: Baldwin, James: Books Review: From Harlem to Houston - I came to James Baldwin late, long after I had read great African-American novelists like Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison. I'm glad I saved him for my maturity, given the wisdom and richness of his prose. I was reading "Go Tell It on the Mountain" today while alternating the book with the coverage of George Floyd's funeral in my own home town (as well as Mr. Floyd's) of Houston. How the novel and the service meshed! Baldwin, in this story set in Harlem in the mid-30's, so powerfully conveys the centrality of the church in black lives, the incredible tradition of pastoral oratory, the promises and perils of the Great Migration to the North in the interwar period (continued much later when George Floyd moved from Houston to Minneapolis to begin a new life), and the dignity and strength of black women. More than one young black man in "Go Tell it on the Mountain" dies from violence. And just as in Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk," New York cops arrest black men on the flimsiest of suspicions and brutalize them in custody. How little has changed in the better part of a century since the author's own Harlem childhood in the Depression! This book is rightly a classic. I wish that Baldwin were required reading not just in every college but in every police academy in this country. His is exactly the kind of loving honesty about the black experience that our society desperately needs. Review: Good - Good ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #12,410 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #34 in Classic American Literature #346 in Classic Literature & Fiction #700 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,185 Reviews | ## Images ![Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71hbLr1RwNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From Harlem to Houston *by S***S on June 10, 2020* I came to James Baldwin late, long after I had read great African-American novelists like Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison. I'm glad I saved him for my maturity, given the wisdom and richness of his prose. I was reading "Go Tell It on the Mountain" today while alternating the book with the coverage of George Floyd's funeral in my own home town (as well as Mr. Floyd's) of Houston. How the novel and the service meshed! Baldwin, in this story set in Harlem in the mid-30's, so powerfully conveys the centrality of the church in black lives, the incredible tradition of pastoral oratory, the promises and perils of the Great Migration to the North in the interwar period (continued much later when George Floyd moved from Houston to Minneapolis to begin a new life), and the dignity and strength of black women. More than one young black man in "Go Tell it on the Mountain" dies from violence. And just as in Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk," New York cops arrest black men on the flimsiest of suspicions and brutalize them in custody. How little has changed in the better part of a century since the author's own Harlem childhood in the Depression! This book is rightly a classic. I wish that Baldwin were required reading not just in every college but in every police academy in this country. His is exactly the kind of loving honesty about the black experience that our society desperately needs. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good *by S***N on March 13, 2026* Good ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get swept up in the beautiful, honest prose! *by E***R on February 19, 2016* While only being just barely over 220 pages long, this novel certainly has a family saga feel to it! It's also definitely one of those books that falls on my "multiple readings likely required to catch everything" list. No problem there though, because the writing here is stunning! Even when he talks about the most mundane, everyday moments, Baldwin's superb word choice just makes you want to wrap up in these stories, grim as they may be sometimes. The poet Langston Hughes had this to say of Baldwin: "He is thought-provoking, tantalizing, irritating, abusing and amusing. And he uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing,,,the thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." Go Tell It On The Mountain marks my first experience of reading Baldwin and I could not have described it better than Hughes. :-) This short novel is broken down into three parts. Part 1 introduces the reader to John and his brother Roy living in Harlem, NYC. John is the son expected to follow in his father's footsteps of being a pastor, while not much is really expected of older brother Roy. Much of the story here is on John, as he asks himself if a life with the church is really what he wants. The reader also sees the somewhat strained relationship John has with his parents, his father outwardly a respected church figure but secretly a spouse abuser, John's mother appearing as a bit of a pushover / doormat type. But as the story progresses, we learn there's quite a bit more to the story than you might imagine. Part 2... well, Part two has three segments on its own. I'll call them 2.1 / 2.2., etc. Okay, so 2.1 is essentially the story of John's Aunt Florence (sister to John's father), her past and present and how all those pivotal moments throughout her life brought her to be a key figure in John's life in present time. Part 2.2 then looks at the life of Gabriel, John's father; the fragile, nearly severed at times bond between Gabriel & Florence, as well as how Gabriel went from a life of shady activity and constant bad life choices to that of respected church figure. The reader also learns the history of Gabriel's life with first wife Deborah (not John's mother). Parts of the story here reminded me a bit of the biblical story of Abraham, Sarah & Hagar. Part 2.3 gets into how Gabriel and second wife Elizabeth (John's mother) got together, as well as looks back on Elizabeth's life before she came to know Gabriel. Part 3 is a sort of wrapup, in a way. It brings together all the characters the reader has come to know to one church service in present time where final questions and thoughts are hashed out and addressed and final "say your peace" moments are aired out. It takes all this family history you've read about up to this point and finally connects all the dots to make this amazing & rich family tapestry that I think most any reader will find relatable on some level. John talks about a nightmare that has left him a changed man and Gabriel is forced to answer for some of his past wrongs. It's not just the writing itself -- lines like "the waters of anguish riding the world" -- that grabs you in this book, but also the themes. So many powerful themes! One of the strongest being the idea of how even one small choice not thoroughly thought through can have the potential to have massive repercussions that can ruin numerous lives in the quietest of ways. I guess that's the stamp of great writing on this novel -- in some ways the story is pretty straightforward, yet in other ways it's deep and resonate even in the everyday-ness of it all. Though it's a short read, I recommend savoring this one and really getting to know all the characters & their struggles. Relate and commiserate with them! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/130681740-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-vintage-international](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/130681740-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-vintage-international) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*