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<p>Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described transatlantic commuter who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful Sonny's Blues, the unforgettable portrait of a jazz

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Author

James Baldwin; Toni Morrison

Publisher

Library of America; Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781883011512

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

4.36 / 5 (544 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14