{"product_id":"james-baldwin-by-david-leeming-paperback-464-pages-english","title":"James Baldwin by David Leeming","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Skyhorse Publishing] “The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin’s life yet published.” —The New York Times Book Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man.” —Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA gay, African American writer who was born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself living in exile in Paris. When he returned to America to cover the Civil Rights movement, he became an activist and controversial spokesman for the movement, writing books that became bestsellers and made him a celebrity. In works that have become part of the American canon—\u003cem\u003eGo Tell It on a Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGiovanni’s Room\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnother Country,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Evidence of Things Not Seen\u003c\/em\u003e—he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040317145383,"sku":"9781628724387","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0746\/6133\/1239\/files\/ce0899ea2bb3914febb7355aa2611454437551cd30326f58f53edd7a213e68b4.jpg?v=1771147994","url":"https:\/\/shopcochineal.com\/products\/james-baldwin-by-david-leeming-paperback-464-pages-english","provider":"Cochineal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}