James Baldwin
A Biography
$41.08
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2015
Summary
James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon—Go Tell It on a Mountain, Giovanni’s Room, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, and The Evidence of Things Not Seen—he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference. A gay, African American writer who was born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself living in exile in Paris. When he retur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781628724387 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1628724382 |
| Author: | David Leeming |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Imprint: | Arcade Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
The best literary biography I’ve read in a long time. An engrossing narrative.” Leon Edel
The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin’s life yet published.” The New York Times Book Review
The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man.” Boston Globe
Loving but honest … [Baldwin] wrote, No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it,’ and … Mr. Leeming shows so well [the price he paid].” The New York Times
Intimate, artfuland major … An exceptional literary biography deserving wide promotion and readership … [by] a personal friend of the great novelist and essayist.” Booklist
Highly perceptive, revealing.” Publishers Weekly
The best literary biography I’ve read in a long time. An engrossing narrative.” Leon Edel
The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin’s life yet published.” The New York Times Book Review
The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man.” Boston Globe
Loving but honest … [Baldwin] wrote, No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it,’ and … Mr. Leeming shows so well [the price he paid].” The New York Times
Intimate, artfuland major … An exceptional literary biography deserving wide promotion and readership … [by] a personal friend of the great novelist and essayist.” Booklist
Highly perceptive, revealing.” Publishers Weekly
David Leeming
David Leeming, emeritus professor of English at the University of Connecticut, was a friend of James Baldwin for twenty-five years as well as his assistant from 1963 to 1967. He is also the author of several works on world mythology, including The World of Myth: An Anthology and Medusa: In the Mirror of Time. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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