Going To Meet The Man: The Rockpile; The Outing; The Man Child; Previous Condition; Sonny's Blues - Brossura

Baldwin, James

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ISBN 10: 014018449X ISBN 13: 9780140184495

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1991

Riassunto

'Few, it seems to me, have driven their words with such passion' Guardian

How our earliest experiences can shape our destiny is the theme that runs like a thread of revelation through these extraordinary stories. They explore the roots of love, of murder and of racial conflict, from the child in 'The Rockpile' who can never be forgiven by his God-fearing father for his illegitimacy to the loneliness of a young black girl in love with a white man who, she knows, will leave her in 'Come Out of the Wilderness' and the horrifying story of the initiation of a racist as a man remembers his parents taking him to see the mutilation and murder of a black man in 'Going to Meet the Man'. In them Baldwin unlocks the concepts of history and prejudice and probes beneath the skin to the soul.

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L'autore:

Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play­wright, 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 col­lection 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.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 014018449X
• ISBN 13: 9780140184495
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256