Notes of a Native Son (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover
This collection of essays look at the issue of race - attempting to retrieve black people from the abstractions of liberals and racists.
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Review:
'He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter. . . . Jimmy's essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity." -Langston Hughes, "The New York Times Book Review"
"He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter. . . . Jimmy's essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity."--Langston Hughes, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace." --"Time"
" "
--Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review "He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."
--Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work."
--John Edgar Wideman
"Baldwin's vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time."
--Kay Boyle, The American Scholar
About the Author:
"A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity." -Langston Hughes, "The New York Times Book Review"
"He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter. . . . Jimmy's essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity."--Langston Hughes, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace." --"Time"
" "
"The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away."
"--"Edward P. Jones, from his new introduction
" "
"Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace."
"--Time
""A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity."
"--"Langston Hughes, " The New York Times Book Review
""He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."
--Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"
""I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work."
--John Edgar Wideman
"
""Baldwin's vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time."
--Kay Boyle, "The American Scholar"
The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away.
" "Edward P. Jones, from his new introduction
""
Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace.
" Time
" A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity.
" "Langston Hughes, " The New York Times Book Review
" He named for me the things you feel but couldn t utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"
" I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work.
John Edgar Wideman
"
" Baldwin s vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time.
Kay Boyle, "The American Scholar""
The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away.
Edward P. Jones, from his new introduction
Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace.
Time
A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity.
Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review
He named for me the things you feel but couldn t utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work.
John Edgar Wideman
Baldwin s vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time.
Kay Boyle, The American Scholar
-The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away.-
--Edward P. Jones, from his new introduction
-Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace.-
--Time
-A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity.-
--Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review
-He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time.-
--Henry Louis Gates Jr.
-I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work.-
--John Edgar Wideman
-Baldwin's vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time.-
--Kay Boyle, The American Scholar
"The wonderful thing about writers like Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away."
--Edward P. Jones, from his new introduction
"Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace."
--Time
--Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review "He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter . . . articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."
--Henry Louis Gates Jr.
"I owe a tremendous debt to the example of his work."
--John Edgar Wideman
"Baldwin's vision, his humor, his tragically beautiful style, make this a book [to] . . . turn to for a long time."
--Kay Boyle, The American Scholar
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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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0140184511
- ISBN 13 9780140184518
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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