{"product_id":"james-baldwin-a-biography","title":"James Baldwin: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most revealing and subjectively penetrating assessment of Baldwin's life yet published.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review. \"\u003c\/i\u003eThe first Baldwin biography in which one can recognize the human features of this brilliant, troubled, principled, supremely courageous man.\" \u003ci\u003e--Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon--\u003ci\u003eTell It on a Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Evidence of Things Not Seen\u003c\/i\u003e--he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gay, African American writer born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself while 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, landing him on the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this biography, David Leeming creates an intimate portrait of a complex, troubled, driven, and brilliant man. He plumbs every aspect of Baldwin's life: his relationships with the unknown and the famous, including painter Beauford Delaney, Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, and childhood friend Richard Avedon; his expatriate years in France and Turkey; his gift for compassion and love; the public pressures that overwhelmed his quest for happiness, and his passionate battle for black identity, racial justice, and to \"end the racial nightmare and achieve our country.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Leeming","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51656789721369,"sku":"BS-SX0-724387","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/7468\/5209\/files\/9781628724387-HD.jpg?v=1763442810","url":"https:\/\/rebelbookclub.store\/es\/products\/james-baldwin-a-biography","provider":"Rebel Bookclub","version":"1.0","type":"link"}