Encounter on the Seine

"James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant.";-- Maya Angelou This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, delving into his years in France and Switzerland Originally published in During his transformative time in Europe, Baldwin uncovers what it means to be American, immersing the reader in his life as a foreigner, his troubling encounter with a Parisian prison, and his unprecedented arrival to a tiny Swiss village. This final collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series raises issues of identity, belonging, nationhood, and race within a global context. <Encounter on the Seine: Essays <showcases Baldwin’s strengths as a storyteller, revealing how his years in Paris transformed his understanding of American identity.

Auteur

James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America’s foremost writers. His writing explores palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France. He is the author of several novels and books of nonfiction, including Notes of a Native Son, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni’s Room, Another Country, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone, If Beale Street Could Talk, Just Above My Head, The Fire Next Time, No Name in the Street, and The Evidence of Things Not Seen, and of the poetry collection Jimmy’s Blues.

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Encounter on the Seine:
Black Meets Brown

A Question of Identity

Equal in Paris

Stranger in the Village