The cover page is adapted from Not Without Laughter, a painting completed circa 1930 by Aaron Douglas. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Douglas_(artist)www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Not Without Laughter
章节(30)
- I: Storm 0:00
- II: Conversation 20:00
- III: Jimboy’s Letter 42:30
- IV: Thursday Afternoon 53:52
- V: Guitar 1:11:59
- VI: Work 1:28:20
- VII: White Folks 1:42:52
- VIII: Dance 2:05:10
- IX: Carnival 2:38:36
- X: Punishment 2:59:57
- XI: School 3:12:29
- XII: Hard Winter 3:23:56
- XIII: Christmas 3:46:13
- XIV: Return 4:08:05
- XV: One by One 4:19:28
- XVI: Nothing but Love 4:37:01
- XVII: Barbershop 4:48:24
- XVIII: Children’s Day 5:03:22
- XIX: Ten Dollars and Costs 5:17:54
- XX: Hey, Boy! 5:25:28
- XXI: Note to Harriett 5:40:43
- XXII: Beyond the Jordan 5:58:33
- XXIII: Tempy’s House 6:08:14
- XXIV: A Shelf of Books 6:20:16
- XXV: Pool Hall 6:29:36
- XXVI: The Doors of Life 6:42:33
- XXVII: Beware of Women 6:54:18
- XXVIII: Chicago 7:12:48
- XXIX: Elevator 7:36:07
- XXX: Princess of the Blues 7:44:42
The first prose novel published by Langston Hughes, Not Without Laughter is a coming-of-age novel that depicts the adolescent years of Sandy, an African-American boy growing up in a small town in Kansas.
The novel is structured as a series of vignettes that depict Sandy’s interactions with his family and the surrounding society, including experiences of racial discrimination. It explores how social structures of race, class, and religion shape the lives of African-American families. Hughes aimed to depict “a typical Negro family in the Middle West,” drawing on his own experiences of growing up in Kansas alongside families similar to Sandy’s family.