Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son (Penguin Modern Classics)

Baldwin, James

ISBN 10: 0140184473 / ISBN 13: 9780140184471

Published by Penguin Classics, 1991

About this Item

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 author's first journey to 'the Old Country', the Southern states. Num Pages: 208 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. . 1991. paperback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9780140184471

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son (Penguin Modern Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140184473
• ISBN 13: 9780140184471
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

'These essays ... live and grow in the mind' James Campbell, Independent

Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an artist with biting precision and emotional power: from polemical pieces on racial segregation and a journey to 'the Old Country' of the Southern states, to reflections on figures such as Ingmar Bergman and André Gide, and on the first great conference of African writers and artists in Paris.

'Brilliant...accomplished...strong...vivid...honest...masterly' The New York Times

'A bright and alive book, full of grief, love and anger' Chicago Tribune

About the Author

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.