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Kartoniert, 179 Seiten, 198mm x 128mm x 20mm, Sprache(n): eng Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play¿wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay col¿lection The Fire Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in 1987.James Baldwin was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin's second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and Another Country (1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including The Fire Next Time (1963) and No Name in the Street (1972). His short stories are collected in Going to Meet the Man (1965). His later works include the novels Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968), If Beale Street Could Talk (1974) and Just Above My Head (1979).James Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships: a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France Versand D: 1,50 EUR begin again eddie glaude, animal farm, james baldwin, beloved toni morrison, malcolm x, the grapes of wrath, the invisible man, if beale street could talk, things fall apart, animal masks, the street, baby things, giovannis room, black and white, i am not your negro, martin luther king, the bluest eye, black lives matter, rosa parks, the crucible arthur miller, orientalism edward said, the fire next time, the wretched of the earth, black skin white masks, a l jackson, books by toni morrison, civil rights movement, african american, literary, nonfiction, Afroamerikaner, Amerikaner / Afroamerikaner, Amerikanische Belletristik / Essay, Feuilleton, Reportage, Diskriminierung, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Essay, Kultur / Multikulturell, Multikulturell, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, [PU:Penguin Books Ltd (UK)]<

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'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story'James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father and his experiences of Paris, they capture the complexity of black life at the dawn of the civil rights movement with effervescent wit and prophetic wisdom. 'A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwin's fiery critiques reverberate anew' Washington Post'Edgy and provocative, entertainingly satirical' Robert McCrum, Guardian'Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer ... Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest' Time Books James Baldwin|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|02/11/2017, Penguin Books Ltd<

ISBN: 9780241334003

'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story' James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging o… Plus…

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2017, ISBN: 9780241334003

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