I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey

by Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

Overview

In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s.

His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.

Cover design by Sara Eisenman. Cover photograph by Roy DeCarava © Sherry Turner DeCarava.

Editorial Reviews

DECEMBER 2011 - AudioFile

The best autobiographies speak to us and say, “Listen to my story as I want to tell it.” This work is an excellent example of such a book. Part travelogue and part history of the world of the 1930s, Hughes’s memoir uses poetry and text to remind us that times may change, but the human condition often stays remarkably the same. Narrator Dominic Hoffman does a masterful job with this book. In a slightly hoarse voice and an understated tone, Hoffman connects with the author’s words, pauses at the right moments, and allows us to follow every word clearly. When he reads Hughes’s poetry, we can imagine the author speaking directly to us. It’s marvelous. Grab this audiobook any way you can. R.I.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
© AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander are among the wisest, warmest and most informative books to issue from Langston's pen, and by that to say from the Renaissance or any other literary movement.” —Amiri Baraka

“An immensely interesting book.” —The New Yorker

DECEMBER 2011 - AudioFile

The best autobiographies speak to us and say, “Listen to my story as I want to tell it.” This work is an excellent example of such a book. Part travelogue and part history of the world of the 1930s, Hughes’s memoir uses poetry and text to remind us that times may change, but the human condition often stays remarkably the same. Narrator Dominic Hoffman does a masterful job with this book. In a slightly hoarse voice and an understated tone, Hoffman connects with the author’s words, pauses at the right moments, and allows us to follow every word clearly. When he reads Hughes’s poetry, we can imagine the author speaking directly to us. It’s marvelous. Grab this audiobook any way you can. R.I.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
© AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169150872
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	07/26/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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