Go Tell it on the Mountain

ISBN-13: 9780141185910 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str.

Baldwin James

Opis

Presents a semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.

Recenzje

It broke my heart and made me want to jump up and down... It captures an essential aspect of life in America, its contradictions and seductions, that bittersweet mix of love and hate that so many feel towards the country Azar Nafisi Independent

O autorze

Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin had an early career as a teenage preacher. He lived in Paris from 1948-1956 and his first novels, the autobiographical GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN and GIOVANNI'S ROOM established him as a promising novelist and anticipated some of the themes of his later works, such as racism and sexuality. He became a prominent spokesperson for racial equality, especially during the civil rights movement. He lived in France during his last years. Baldwin died in 1987.