Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his eraWritten during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement. Writing as an artist, activist, and social critic, Baldwin probes the complex condition of being black in America - from life in Harlem, to the protest novel, movies, and the experience of African Americans abroad - and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic.This book inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the twentieth century and it is the book that established Baldwins voice as a social critic. In an age of Black Lives Matter, Baldwins essays are as powerful today as when they were first written. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story James Baldwins 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 Baldwins 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 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 Review Opens with a knock-out punch . . . the command of an audience and the rhetorical flourishes . . . are everywhere in his writing, but particularly in his essays, which contain a mix of registers from an intimate conversational tone to speechifying oratory * The Times *A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity that should influence for the better all who ponder on the things books say -- Langston Hughes * The New York Times *Powerful . . . I wish I could press this book into the hands of every American - actually, every human. -- Celeste Ng * Guardian *Edgy and provocative . . . entertainingly satirical -- Robert McCrum * Guardian *A classic . . . Take the words out of the 1950s, when they were published, and they could apply to the women in pink hats, the scientists, the Black Lives Matter activists, the climate-change believers and the LGBTQ-rights supporters who have flooded the streets of Washington this year * Washington Post *A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwins fiery critiques reverberate anew * Washington Post *Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer ... Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest * Time * Promotional A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his era. Review Text A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity that should influence for the better all who ponder on the things books say Review Quote A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity that should influence for the better all who ponder on the things books say Promotional "Headline" A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his era Details ISBN0241334004 Author James Baldwin Pages 208 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 0241334004 ISBN-13 9780241334003 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-11-02 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 814.54 Series Penguin Modern Classics Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-02 NZ Release Date 2018-01-28 AU Release Date 2018-01-28 Alternative 9780141987279 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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