Yesterday Will Make You Cry

Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and grew up in Cleveland. Aged 19 he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 25 years in jail. In jail he began to write short stories, some of which were published in Esquire magazine. Upon release he took a variety of jobs, from working in a California shipyard to journalism to script-writing, while continuing to write fiction. He later moved to Paris where he was commissioned to write the first of his Harlem detective novels, A Rage in Harlem, which won the 1957 Grand Prix du Roman Policier. In 1969 Himes moved to Spain, where he died in 1984.>

About the author

Chester Himes was born in Missouri in 1909. Aged nineteen he was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twenty-five years in jail, where he began to write short stories. Upon release, he took a variety of jobs while continuing to write fiction. He later moved to Paris where he wrote the first of his Harlem detective novels, A Rage in Harlem, which won the 1957 Grand prix de littérature policière. In 1969 Himes moved to Spain, where he died in 1984.

Product details

• Authors: Chester Himes
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9780241692646
• ISBN: 978-0-241-69264-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, United States of America, USA, FICTION / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, Relating to African American / Black American people, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary