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Donald Goines

    15. prosinec 1936 – 21. říjen 1974

    Donald Goines byl jedním z nejplodnějších autorů pouliční literatury, jehož drsná a syrová díla zachycovala realitu života v amerických ghetech. Jeho romány, často zasazené do Detroitu, Los Angeles nebo New Yorku, pronikavě zkoumaly témata jako drog, zločinu a rasového napětí. Goines mistrně používal napínavý jazyk a rychlé tempo, aby vytvořil poutavé příběhy, které odrážely jeho vlastní zkušenosti. Prostřednictvím své tvorby, často psané pod pseudonymem Al C. Clark, nabídl vizi vnitřního města jako bojiště, kde postavy bojují o moc a přežití.

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

      • 319 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      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 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      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 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      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 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení

      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