Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone Later Novels - Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone; If Beale Street Could Talk; Just Above My Head
Synopsis
'Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it'At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, we see the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable. For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the world of the theatre lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. And everywhere there is the anguish of being black in a society that seems poised on the brink of racial war. In this tender, angry 1968 novel, James Baldwin created one of his most striking characters: a man struggling to become himself.Book details
- Series:
- Vintage International Series (Book No. 272)
- Author:
- James Baldwin
- ISBN:
- 9780241392249
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780241342039
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2018-10-26
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- Penguin Random House UK
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction