The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
Sold by Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
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Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 18 July 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVERY GOOD condition ? DUST JACKET: Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and outside corners, front panel. Vertical closed tear to top edge, front panel. Small closed tear to top edge, back panel. Price label residue, front flap. Minor shelf rubbing/abrasions, both panels. BOARDS: Very good condition. Small stain to upper hinge, front. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. Please read description and inspect photos closely for condition details.
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Here on offer is a nice copy of James Baldwin's influential book: The Fire Next Time, a couplet of essays on the black experience in America in the early days of the Civil Rights movement. This copy is a true 1st American edition, 1st printing published by The Dial Press in 1963. The dustjacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, 'The Fire Next Time' galvanized the nation, gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement--and still lights the way to understanding race in America today.
Basically the finest essay I've ever read. . . . Baldwin refused to hold anyone's hand. He was both direct and beautiful all at once. He did not seem to write to convince you. He wrote beyond you." --Ta-Nehisi Coates
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of 'If Beale Street Could Talk' and 'Go Tell It on the Mountain'. It consists of two letters, written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle.all presented in searing, brilliant prose, 'The Fire Next Time' stands as a classic of literature."
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"James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 ? December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim for his work across several forms, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005. His first essay collection, Notes of a Native Son, was published in 1955.
Baldwin's work fictionalizes fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures. Themes of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class intertwine to create intricate narratives that run parallel with some of the major political movements toward social change in mid-twentieth century America, such as the civil rights movement and the gay liberation movement. Baldwin's protagonists are often but not exclusively African American, and gay and bisexual men frequently feature prominently in his literature. These characters often face internal and external obstacles in their search for social and self-acceptance. Such dynamics are prominent in Baldwin's second novel, Giovanni's Room, which was written in 1956, well before the gay liberation movement.
. . . An unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, was expanded and adapted for cinema as the documentary film I Am Not Your Negro (2016), which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards. One of his novels, If Beale Street Could Talk, was adapted into the Academy Award? winning film of the same name in 2018, directed and produced by Barry Jenkins. . . . ".
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