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Dec. 1:James Baldwin



James Baldwin - Wikipedia

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James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. Some of Baldwin's essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript ...

ジェイムズ・ボールドウィン - Wikipedia

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ジェイムズ・アーサー・ボールドウィンJames Arthur Baldwin、1924年8月2日 - 1987年11月30日)はアメリカ合衆国の小説家、著作家、劇作家、詩人、随筆家および公民権運動家である。代表作に『山にのぼりて告げよ』がある。 ボールドウィンの著作の大半は20世紀半ばのアメリカ合衆国における人種問題と性の問題を扱っており、黒人であり同性愛者であることに関した、アイデンティティへの疑問と探索、社会的コンプレックスや心理的圧力がテーマになっている。
生涯 · ‎文学の経歴 · ‎死後の影響 · ‎作品
James Baldwin died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France on this day in 1987 (aged 63).
“We live in a nation of pigs and murderers. I'm scared every time you out of my sight. And maybe what happened just now was my fault, because I should never have left you alone at that vegetable stand—but I was just so happy, you know, about the loft—I wasn't thinking—”
—from IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions–affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/if-beale-street-could…/

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