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Donald Goines

    15. Dezember 1936 – 21. Oktober 1974

    Donald Goines war ein produktiver Autor von Straßenliteratur, dessen düstere und rohe Werke die Realitäten des Lebens in Amerikas Innenstädten einfingen. Seine Romane, die oft in Detroit, Los Angeles oder New York angesiedelt sind, boten scharfsinnige Erkundungen von Themen wie Drogen, Verbrechen und rassistischen Spannungen. Goines setzte meisterhaft bildhafte Sprache und ein schnelles Tempo ein, um fesselnde Erzählungen zu schaffen, die seine eigenen Erfahrungen widerspiegelten. Durch sein Schreiben, das er oft unter dem Pseudonym Al C. Clark verfasste, präsentierte er eine Vision der Innenstadt als Schlachtfeld, auf dem Charaktere um Macht und Überleben kämpften.

    Whoreson
    Black Gangster
    Black Girl Lost
    Dopefiend
    Kenyattas letzter Hit
    • Black Gangster

      • 319 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      A story of black organized crime follows Prince from his beginning as a teenage ganglord to his position as head of Detroit's powerful mob.

      Black Gangster2007
    • Whoreson

      • 320 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      The novel presents a raw and unfiltered narrative that captures the essence of urban life, influencing contemporary street literature and hip hop culture. Its revolutionary approach and vivid storytelling reflect the struggles and realities faced by marginalized communities, making it a significant work that resonates with modern readers and artists alike.

      Whoreson2007
    • Dopefiend

      • 320 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      For twenty-three years of his life Donald Goines lived in the dark, despair-ridden world of the junkie. It started while he was doing military service in Korea and ended with his murder at the age of thirty nine. He had worked up to a hundred dollars a day habit and out of the agonizing hell came Dopefiend. It is the shocking nightmare story of a black heroin addict. Trapped in the festering sore of a major American ghetto, a young man and his girlfriend- both handsome, talented, and full of promise- are inexorably pulled into death of the hardcore junkie!

      Dopefiend2007
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    • Black Girl Lost

      • 208 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden

      In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, Goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experience-the dark, despair-ridden world of a black girl s soul! Sandra took to the streets when she was eight years old and tried to fight off the hunger pangs by shoplifting and moving into the profits of drug pushing. The she met Chink and discovered love and affection...and rape and murder!

      Black Girl Lost2006