{"product_id":"tell-me-how-long-the-trains-been-gone-james-baldwin","title":"Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (James Baldwin)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this tender, impassioned fourth novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The emotion surrounding family attachment... is deeply felt and is one reasons he continues to be read with such intensity' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain \u003c\/i\u003e(1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin's second novel, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room \u003c\/i\u003e(1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and \u003ci\u003eAnother Country \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003e(1955) and \u003ci\u003eNobody Knows My Name \u003c\/i\u003e(1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time \u003c\/i\u003e(1963) and \u003ci\u003eNo Name in the Street \u003c\/i\u003e(1972). His short stories are collected in \u003ci\u003eGoing to Meet the Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1965). His later works include the novels \u003ci\u003eTell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk \u003c\/i\u003e(1974) and \u003ci\u003eJust Above My Head \u003c\/i\u003e(1979).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships: a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review \u003c\/i\u003eFellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807931015517,"sku":"K068210750","price":11.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6821075000001A.jpg?v=1788494396","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/tell-me-how-long-the-trains-been-gone-james-baldwin","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}