Go Tell it on the Mountain

James Baldwins erster, autobiografischer Roman 'Von dieser Welt' (erstveröffentlicht 1953) glich einem Befreiungsschlag - für ihn selbst und für alle, die nach ihm kamen. Sein Bann ist ungebrochen bis heute.

Informationen zum Autor Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin had an early career as a teenage preacher. He lived in Paris from 1948-1956 and his first novels, the autobiographical GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN and GIOVANNI'S ROOM established him as a promising novelist and anticipated some of the themes of his later works, such as racism and sexuality. He became a prominent spokesperson for racial equality, especially during the civil rights movement. He lived in France during his last years. Baldwin died in 1987. Klappentext "Nothing but the darkness, and all around them destruction, and before them nothing but the fire - -a bastard people, far from God, singing and crying in the wilderness!" First published in 1953, Baldwin's first novel is a short but intense, semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression. Zusammenfassung Presents a semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.

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"Nothing but the darkness, and all around them destruction, and before them nothing but the fire - -a bastard people, far from God, singing and crying in the wilderness!"

First published in 1953, Baldwin's first novel is a short but intense, semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.

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Presents a semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.