Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son by James Baldwin (English) Pape

Description: Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin Contains essays that describe what it means to be black in America. This book describes the tragedies that are inflicted by racial segregation and presents a poignant account of the authors first journey to the Old Country, the Southern states. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A searing collection of social and cultural criticism from a writer at the height of his creative powersWritten in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this rich and stimulating collection contains Fifth Avenue, Uptown- a Letter from Harlem, polemical pieces on the tragedies inflicted by racial segregation and a poignant account of Bakdwins first journey to the Old Country, the southern states. Yet equally compelling are his Notes for a Hypothetical Novel and personal reflections on being American, on other major artists - Ingmar Bergman and Andre Gide, Norman Mailer and Richard Wright - and on the first great conference of African American writers and artists in Paris.In his introduction Baldwin describes the writer as requiring every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are; his uncanny ability to do just that is proclaimed on every page of this famous book. Back Cover These essays ... live and grow in the mind James Campbell, Independent Baldwins early essays have been described as an unequalled meditation on what it means to be black in America. This rich and stimulating collection contains Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem, polemical pieces on the tragedies inflicted by racial segregation and a poignant account of his first journey to the Old Country, the Southern states. Yet equally compelling are his Notes for a Hypothetical Novel and personal reflections on being American, on other major artists - Ingmar Bergman and Andr Gide, Norman Mailer and Richard Wright - and on the first great conference of African Writers and Artists in Paris. Author Biography 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. Baldwins second novel, Giovannis 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 Trains 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 Details ISBN0140184473 Author James Baldwin Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1991 ISBN-10 0140184473 ISBN-13 9780140184471 Format Paperback Publication Date 1991-08-29 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations forms transparencies Series Penguin Modern Classics Subtitle More Notes Of A Native Son DEWEY 814.008 Short Title Nobody Knows My Name Language English Media Book UK Release Date 1991-08-29 Pages 224 Alternative 9780141915968 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-10-26 AU Release Date 2022-10-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2944929;

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