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Paperback. Condition: New. 'Everyone's life begins on a level where races, armies, and churches stop. And yet everyone's life is always shaped by races, churches, and armies'In these eight extraordinary stories of love, conflict, desperation and fear, James Baldwin shows people trapped by the roles they must play in society, and those who try and escape them.From the child in 'The Rockpile' whose God-fearing father will not forgive his illegitimacy, to the adolescent who hides his sexuality from his community in 'The Outing', and from the down-and-out jazz pianist recovering from addiction in 'Sonny's Blues' to the chilling initiation of a racist in 'Going to Meet the Man', these tales, first published in 1965, explore the subtle and profound wounds that discrimination leaves - both in its victims and its perpetrators. 'He uses words as the sea uses waves' Langston Hughes'Few, it seems to me, have driven their words with such passion' Guardian.

Paperback. Condition: New. 'Achingly beautiful' Guardian Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny. To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.'If Beale Street Could Talk affirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction - that between members of a family' Joyce Carol OatesThe inspiration for Oscar award-winning film.

Paperback. Condition: New. 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 wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. And everywhere there is the anguish of being black in a society that seems poised on the brink of racial war. In this tender, angry 1968 novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself.'The emotion surrounding family attachment. is deeply felt and is one reasons he continues to be read with such intensity' Colm Tóibín.

Paperback. Condition: New. 'The story of the negro in America is the story of America . it is not a very pretty story'James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father and his experiences of Paris, they capture the complexity of black life at the dawn of the civil rights movement with effervescent wit and prophetic wisdom. 'A classic . In a divided America, James Baldwin's fiery critiques reverberate anew' Washington Post'Edgy and provocative, entertainingly satirical' Robert McCrum, Guardian'Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer . Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest' Time.

Paperback. Condition: New. 'These essays . live and grow in the mind' James Campbell, IndependentBeing a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an artist with biting precision and emotional power: from polemical pieces on racial segregation and a journey to 'the Old Country' of the Southern states, to reflections on figures such as Ingmar Bergman and André Gide, and on the first great conference of African writers and artists in Paris.'Brilliant.accomplished.strong.vivid.honest.masterly' The New York Times'A bright and alive book, full of grief, love and anger' Chicago Tribune.

Paperback. Condition: New. 'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul', is found dead in a London pub, his grief-stricken brother looks back over thirty years in the lives of their group of friends: from their childhood spent preaching and singing in Harlem churches, to their struggles with war and poverty, and their encounters with wealth, love and fame. Set against a vividly drawn background of the civil rights movement of the sixties, Baldwin's last novel is a monumental saga that ranges from New York to Paris, Korea to Africa to portray how profoundly racial politics can shape life, especially in the private business of love. 'Warm, melancholy . . . Hall Montana's voice is the conduit for Baldwin's most distinctive quality as a writer, his abundant tenderness' The New York Times.

Hardback. Condition: New. First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into a candid assault on the hypocrisy of the "land of the free." Now, James Baldwin's rich, raw, and ever relevant prose is reprinted with more than 100 photographs from Steve Schapiro, who traveled the American South with Baldwin for Life magazine. The encounter thrust Schapiro into the thick of the movement, allowing for vital, often iconic, images both of civil rights leaders-including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Jerome Smith-and such landmark events as the March on Washington and the Selma march. Rounding out the edition are Schapiro's stories from the field, captions by journalist Marcia Davis, and an essay by Gloria Baldwin Karefa-Smart, who was with her brother James in Sierra Leone when he started to work on the story. The result is a remarkable visual and textual record of one of the most important and enduring struggles of the American experience.First published as a TASCHEN Collector's Edition, now available in a pocket-sized Centennial Edition.

Hardback. Condition: New. James Baldwin was a uniquely prophetic voice in American letters. His brilliant and provocative essays made him the literary voice of the Civil Rights Era, and they continue to speak with powerful urgency to us today, whether in the swirling debate over the Black Lives Matter movement or in the words of Raoul Peck's documentary 'I Am Not Your Negro.' Edited by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, the Library of America's Collected Essays is the most comprehensive gathering of Baldwin's nonfiction ever published.

Leinen. Condition: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. ohne SU TitelAmen Corner : Schauspiel / [aus d. Amerikan. von Joachim Seyppel] Keinen Namen auf der Gasse : Essay / [Aus d. Amerikan. von Irene Ohlendorf]. James Baldwin. [Mit e. Nachbemerkung von Jutta Friedrich]. Person(en)Baldwin, James (Verfasser) Ausgabe1. Aufl. VerlagBerlin : Verlag Volk u. Welt Zeitliche EinordnungErscheinungsdatum: 1975 Umfang/Format302 S. ; 20 cm ISBN/Einband/PreisLw. : M 7.80 AnmerkungenOrig.-Ausg. gesondert u.d.T.: Baldwin, James: The Amen Corner u. No name in the street. Status nach VGG: vergriffen Sachgruppe(n)2303 Belletristik ; 08a Schöne Literatur Einer der bedeutendsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller: Der 1924 in Harlem, New York City geborene James Baldwin behandelte in seinen Werken vor allem die Themen Rassismus, schwarze Identität und Homosexualität. Dies ließ ihm zu einem der wichtigsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts aufsteigen. Schon wenige Jahre nach seinem Schulabschluss 1942 machte sich Baldwin als Essayist und Rezensent einen Namen. Essays wie ?Notes Of A Native Son?, ?Nobody Knows My Name? und ?The Fire Next Time? über die Situation von Schwarzen in den USA erregten große Aufmerksamkeit und machten den Autor einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Seinen ersten Roman veröffentlichte er 1953 in Paris, wo er seit fünf Jahren im selbst auferlegten Exil lebte. ?Go Tell It On The Mountain? behandelt James Baldwins schwierige Beziehung zu seinem Stiefvater, einem baptistischen Priester. James Baldwin engagierte sich in der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung, vor allem als Essayist und Redner. Rassismus und die Auseinandersetzung mit der Lebenswirklichkeit von Schwarzen sind zentrale Themen seiner Werke. Ebenso schrieb er aber auch wiederholt über Spiritualität und Kirche sowie über Sexualität. Sein zweiter Roman ?Giovanni?s Room? handelt von einer homosexuellen Beziehung, damals noch ein Tabuthema. Außer Romanen und Essays verfasste Baldwin zahlreiche Gedichte und Theaterstücke, bis er schließlich 1987 in Südfrankreich starb. In deutscher Sprache. 302 pages.

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Leinen. Condition: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. TitelEine andere Welt : Roman / James Baldwin. Aus d. Amerikan. von Hans Wollschläger Person(en)Baldwin, James (1924-1987) Werk(e)Another country (dt.) Ausgabe4. Aufl. VerlagBerlin : Volk u. Welt Zeitliche EinordnungErscheinungsdatum: 1988 Umfang/Format544 S. ; 20 cm ISBN/Einband/Preis978-3-353-00293-8 Gewebe : M 17.80 3-353-00293-6 Gewebe : M 17.80 Sprache(n)Deutsch (ger) BeziehungenEx libris Volk und Welt AnmerkungenLizenzausg. d. Rowohlt-Verl., Reinbek bei Hamburg Status nach VGG: vergriffen Sachgruppe(n)59 Belletristik Einer der bedeutendsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller: Der 1924 in Harlem, New York City geborene James Baldwin behandelte in seinen Werken vor allem die Themen Rassismus, schwarze Identität und Homosexualität. Dies ließ ihm zu einem der wichtigsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts aufsteigen. Schon wenige Jahre nach seinem Schulabschluss 1942 machte sich Baldwin als Essayist und Rezensent einen Namen. Essays wie ?Notes Of A Native Son?, ?Nobody Knows My Name? und ?The Fire Next Time? über die Situation von Schwarzen in den USA erregten große Aufmerksamkeit und machten den Autor einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Seinen ersten Roman veröffentlichte er 1953 in Paris, wo er seit fünf Jahren im selbst auferlegten Exil lebte. ?Go Tell It On The Mountain? behandelt James Baldwins schwierige Beziehung zu seinem Stiefvater, einem baptistischen Priester. James Baldwin engagierte sich in der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung, vor allem als Essayist und Redner. Rassismus und die Auseinandersetzung mit der Lebenswirklichkeit von Schwarzen sind zentrale Themen seiner Werke. Ebenso schrieb er aber auch wiederholt über Spiritualität und Kirche sowie über Sexualität. Sein zweiter Roman ?Giovanni?s Room? handelt von einer homosexuellen Beziehung, damals noch ein Tabuthema. Außer Romanen und Essays verfasste Baldwin zahlreiche Gedichte und Theaterstücke, bis er schließlich 1987 in Südfrankreich starb. In deutscher Sprache. 544 pages. 20 cm.

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hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. 384 Seiten; 1. Auflage 1983, Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, Artikel stammt aus Nichtraucherhaushalt! CH7823 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

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Paperback. Condition: New. 90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate'Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice, drawn from Baldwin's early life in Harlem and his experience as a prominent cultural figure of the civil rights movement.

Paperback. Condition: New. Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1895), the classic collection of lore recounted by James Baldwin, serves as an early foundation for the love of literature. This volume was widely used in the United States public school system as a primer of many of the most enduring stories of Western culture. What all these stories share is their indelible mark in the worlds of letters, art, music, and drama; while these are the elemental blocks for continued literary studies, these tales of legend and history are timelessly delightful in their ability to charm and dazzle young readers.Among the fifty stories in the collection are; "A Story of Robin Hood," "Sir Walter Raleigh," "Pocahontas," "George Washington and his Hatchet," "The Story of William Tell," "How Napoleon Crossed the Alps," "Androclus and the Lion," "Julius Caesar," and "Diogenes the Wise Man" as well as many lesser known, yet indispensable tales.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Fifty Famous Stories Retold is both modern and readable.

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Paperback. Condition: New. "It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you".James Baldwin was one of America's most powerful analysts of the psychology of white supremacy. In this speech, delivered in 1965 at the Cambridge Union Society, he offers a devastating, but also strikingly empathetic, account of the role played by racism in American society.Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.

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Leinen. Condition: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Titel Gehe hin und verkünde es vom Berge : Roman / James Baldwin. [Aus d. Amerikan. Dt. von Jürgen Manthey. Mit e. Nachw. von Karl-Heinz Schönfelder] Person(en)Baldwin, James (Verfasser 1924-1987) Werk(e)Go tell it on the mountain (dt.) VerlagBerlin : Verl. Volk u. Welt Zeitliche EinordnungErscheinungsdatum: 1968 Umfang/Format326 S. ; 8 ISBN/Einband/PreisLw. : DM-Ost 7.80 AnmerkungenLizenz d. Rowohlt Verl., Hamburg. - Ausg. f.d. DDR Sachgruppe(n)08a Schöne Literatur Einer der bedeutendsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller: Der 1924 in Harlem, New York City geborene James Baldwin behandelte in seinen Werken vor allem die Themen Rassismus, schwarze Identität und Homosexualität. Dies ließ ihm zu einem der wichtigsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts aufsteigen. Schon wenige Jahre nach seinem Schulabschluss 1942 machte sich Baldwin als Essayist und Rezensent einen Namen. Essays wie ?Notes Of A Native Son?, ?Nobody Knows My Name? und ?The Fire Next Time? über die Situation von Schwarzen in den USA erregten große Aufmerksamkeit und machten den Autor einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Seinen ersten Roman veröffentlichte er 1953 in Paris, wo er seit fünf Jahren im selbst auferlegten Exil lebte. ?Go Tell It On The Mountain? behandelt James Baldwins schwierige Beziehung zu seinem Stiefvater, einem baptistischen Priester. James Baldwin engagierte sich in der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung, vor allem als Essayist und Redner. Rassismus und die Auseinandersetzung mit der Lebenswirklichkeit von Schwarzen sind zentrale Themen seiner Werke. Ebenso schrieb er aber auch wiederholt über Spiritualität und Kirche sowie über Sexualität. Sein zweiter Roman ?Giovanni?s Room? handelt von einer homosexuellen Beziehung, damals noch ein Tabuthema. Außer Romanen und Essays verfasste Baldwin zahlreiche Gedichte und Theaterstücke, bis er schließlich 1987 in Südfrankreich starb. In deutscher Sprache. 328 pages.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the LNER and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Thus began Flying Scotsman's fame, which only continued as the locomotive broke records, becoming the first to exceed 100mph in 1934 and taking the longest journey of any steam locomotive in 1988-89. Passing through such hands as Alan Pegler's and Pete Waterman's after her retirement from British Railways, Flying Scotsman is now in public hands for restoration. Here James S. Baldwin uses his expert knowledge and unrivalled collection of images to highlight the illustrious career of this world-famous locomotive.

Paperback. Condition: New. 'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle . all presented in searing, brilliant prose' The New York Times Book Review We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nationJames 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', The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice.'A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers' Barack Obama'Baldwin writes with great passion . it reeks of truth, as the ghettoes of New York and London, Chicago and Manchester reek of our hypocrisy' Sunday Times'The great poet-prophet of the civil rights movement . his seminal work' Guardian.

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Hardcover/gebunden. Condition: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. 3. Auflage. TitelEine andere Welt : Roman / James Baldwin. Aus d. Amerikan. von Hans Wollschläger. [Mit e. Nachw. von Norbert Krenzlin] Person(en)Baldwin, James (Verfasser) Werk(e)Another country (dt.) Ausgabe3. Aufl. VerlagBerlin : Verlag Volk u. Welt Zeitliche EinordnungErscheinungsdatum: 1984 Umfang/Format528 S. ; 20 cm ISBN/Einband/PreisGewebe : M 9.80 Sprache(n)Deutsch (ger) AnmerkungenLizenzausg. d. Rowohlt-Verl., Reinbek bei Hamburg Status nach VGG: vergriffen Sachgruppe(n)59 Belletristik ; 2303 Belletristik Einer der bedeutendsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller: Der 1924 in Harlem, New York City geborene James Baldwin behandelte in seinen Werken vor allem die Themen Rassismus, schwarze Identität und Homosexualität. Dies ließ ihm zu einem der wichtigsten afroamerikanischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts aufsteigen. Schon wenige Jahre nach seinem Schulabschluss 1942 machte sich Baldwin als Essayist und Rezensent einen Namen. Essays wie ?Notes Of A Native Son?, ?Nobody Knows My Name? und ?The Fire Next Time? über die Situation von Schwarzen in den USA erregten große Aufmerksamkeit und machten den Autor einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Seinen ersten Roman veröffentlichte er 1953 in Paris, wo er seit fünf Jahren im selbst auferlegten Exil lebte. ?Go Tell It On The Mountain? behandelt James Baldwins schwierige Beziehung zu seinem Stiefvater, einem baptistischen Priester. James Baldwin engagierte sich in der US-amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung, vor allem als Essayist und Redner. Rassismus und die Auseinandersetzung mit der Lebenswirklichkeit von Schwarzen sind zentrale Themen seiner Werke. Ebenso schrieb er aber auch wiederholt über Spiritualität und Kirche sowie über Sexualität. Sein zweiter Roman ?Giovanni?s Room? handelt von einer homosexuellen Beziehung, damals noch ein Tabuthema. Außer Romanen und Essays verfasste Baldwin zahlreiche Gedichte und Theaterstücke, bis er schließlich 1987 in Südfrankreich starb. In deutscher Sprache. pages.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time'Audacious. remarkable. elegant and courageous' Caryl PhillipsDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain . the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín'A layered exploration of queer desire . It is electric' Hilton Als.