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Tell Me How Long the Train´s Been Gone
James Baldwin
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Description for Tell Me How Long the Train´s Been Gone
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In this tender, impassioned fourth novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself. 'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it' At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, we see the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the world of the theatre lies a ... Read more
In this tender, impassioned fourth novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself. 'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it' At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, we see the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the world of the theatre lies a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241342039
SKU
9780241342039
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About James Baldwin
Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play-wright, 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 col-lection The Fire Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. ... Read more
Reviews for Tell Me How Long the Train´s Been Gone
One of the few essential novelists of our time
New Statesman
A jazzlike reconfiguration of Baldwin's own life, with existing parts examined and rearranged and new parts added
Clifford Thompson
LA Review of Books
Timeless . . . a visionary writer
Guardian
The emotion surrounding family attachment... is deeply felt and is one ... Read more
New Statesman
A jazzlike reconfiguration of Baldwin's own life, with existing parts examined and rearranged and new parts added
Clifford Thompson
LA Review of Books
Timeless . . . a visionary writer
Guardian
The emotion surrounding family attachment... is deeply felt and is one ... Read more