Publication

2004 - Vintage Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

50,250 words, Guess

Page Count

201 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads38460

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3552.A45 A6 2004

Description

In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the American literary landscape, fearlessly brooding upon issues such as race, sex, politics, and art. His literary achievement is a lasting legacy about what it means to be American. Vintage Baldwin includes the short story “Sonny’s Blues”; the galvanizing civil rights examination “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation”; the essays “Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem,” “The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American,” and “Nobody Knows My Name: A Letter from the South”; and excerpts from the novel Another Country and the play The Amen Corner. Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Series Statement

  • Vintage readers

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