James Baldwin: A Biography
James Baldwin: A Biography
Leeming, David
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781628724387, Publication Date: Sun, February 1, 2015, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
ely penetrating assessment of Baldwin's life yet published." --The New York Times Book Review. "The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man." --Boston Globe

James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon--Go Tell It on a Mountain, Giovanni's Room, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, and The Evidence of Things Not Seen--he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference.

A gay, African American writer who was born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself living in exile in Paris. When he returned to America to cover the Civil Rights movement, he became an activist and controversial spokesman for the movement, writing books that became bestsellers and made him a celebrity, landing him on the cover of Time.

In this biography, David Leeming creates an intimate portrait of a complex, troubled, driven, and brilliant man. He plumbs every aspect of Baldwin's life: his relationships with the unknown and the famous, including painter Beauford Delaney, Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, and childhood friend Richard Avedon; his expatriate years in France and Turkey; his gift for compassion and love; the public pressures that overwhelmed his quest for happiness, and his passionate battle for black identity, racial justice, and to "end the racial nightmare and achieve our country."

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The 2023 Old Farmer's Almanac ...

by Old Farmer's Almanac

Calendar/Blank Book /Other

$7.49

Scary Bingo: Fun with Monsters ...

by Hodgson, Rob

Gifts/Cards /Other

$14.99

OMG WTF Does the Constitution ...

by Sheehan, Ben

Hardcover /Hardcover

$18.75

listens & views

AN EASY CLIMB

by ULISSE,DONNA

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$12.25

IS YOUR LOVE REAL?

by ROACH,BOBBY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$15.75

SILVER KOBALT (DIG)

by DELAGO,MANU

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$10.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.