أعلنوا مولده فوق الجبل | جيمس بالدوين

The events take place during the birthday of the teenager John, on a Saturday of 1935, when he wakes up in the morning and finds his chest suddenly heavy with the sins he has committed. And in the afterlife. The narration moves in time, past and present, to form an integrated picture of John himself through the memory of his aunt, his mother, and his father. Each of them stands in the church to pray, the narration opens completely from the heart, the days flow before the Lord, confessions and doubts are poured out, and the balance of time is disturbed. All of this is religious and differs according to the personalities: it becomes heavy and hereditary (the Old Testament) on the father’s tongue, and it diminishes and renews so that it becomes evangelical (the New Testament) on the lips of the boy.