Sonny's Blues

“Sonny’s Blues”
Author	James Baldwin
Country	United States
Language	English
Published in	Partisan Review
Publication date	1957

“Sonny’s Blues” is a 1957 short story by James Baldwin first published in Partisan Review.

Plot

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Characters

Narrator:

Sonny: He is the narrator's brother, jazz musician, and heroin addict who lived in New York.

Major themes

• One of the major theme is power of music, Sonny compares music's affective power to that of heroin. It makes him feel, "warm and cool at the same time" distant, sure and in control.

Development history

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Publication history

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Explanation of the Story’s Title

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Literary significance and reception

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Awards and nominations

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Adaptations

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Works Cited

See also: Annotated Bibliography

• Sipiora, Phillip (2002). Reading and Writing about Literature. Upper Sandal River: Prentice Hall. p. 94.

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