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On James Baldwin

Tóibín, Colm, 1955-2024
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Colm Toibin's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year.Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Toibin first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. He had even considered entering a seminary and was searching for literature that would offer illumination and insight. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Toibin found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
Main title:
On James Baldwin / by Colm Tóibín.
Imprint:
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2024]©2024.
Collation:
147 pages ; 21 cm.
Series:
The Mandel Lectures in the Humanities at Brandeis University
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The pitch of passionCrying holyParis, HarlemThe private lifeThe terror and the surrender.
ISBN:
9781684582471 (hardback)
Dewey class:
818.5409B
Language:
English
BRN:
510640
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithNonfiction818.5409 ONJAvailable
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