Name: The Fire Next Times
Brand: James Baldwin

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9780140182750

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-07-28

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Penguin

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James Baldwin

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Writing

James Baldwin was a renowned novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist. Born on August 2, 1924, he gained recognition for his debut novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain". Throughout his career, Baldwin fearlessly explored racial and sexual issues, shedding light on the struggles faced by both homosexuals and black individuals at a time when equality was far from achieved.

Baldwin's books like "Giovanni's Room" and "Another Country" delved into gay themes, which drew criticism from the black community. However, his essay collections such as "The Fire Next Time" played a pivotal role in awakening white readers to the perspective of racism through the eyes of a black man.

With his powerful literary works that challenged societal norms and sparked important conversations about race and sexuality, James Baldwin left an indelible mark on American literature.

'A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers' Barack Obama'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters',&nbsp;The Fire Next Time&nbsp;is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice.'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose'&nbsp;The New York Times Book Review'Baldwin writes with great passion ... it reeks of truth, as the ghettoes of New York and London, Chicago and Manchester reek of our hypocrisy'&nbsp;Sunday Times'The great poet-prophet of the civil rights movement ... his seminal work'&nbsp;Guardian

The Fire Next Times 

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Discover The Fire Next Times by James Baldwin in book format. A seminal meditation on race, galvanizing the civil rights movement. No label, available in British English.