Description book early novels and stories by james baldwin a collection of stories penned by one of the greatest africanamerican writers of the postwar era includes such works as go tell it on the mountain, giovannis room, another country, and going to m. Publication date 1998 publisher library of america. Born in harlem, new york city in 1924, baldwin was a preacher in a revivalist church after. Mountain, baldwin said, is the book i had to write if i was ever going to write anything else.
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A new edition of the book many have called james baldwin s most influential work written 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 and as the movement slowly gained strength. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novels of all timemountain, baldwin said, is the book i had to write if i was ever going to write anything else. Tom was to arrive early in the afternoon, and there was another fluttering. Full book early novels and stories by james baldwin how to. The authors works were well known for tackling complicated personal and social subjects in fictionalized settings.
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