Pub Date: December 1, 1992
Dewey: 305.896073
LCCN: 92050566
Lexile Code: 1300
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 14 to 14
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 8.00" L x 5.10" W ( 0.25 lbs) 128 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Minority Studies | History | United States | General | Literary Collections | Essays | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | African American and Black Studies | Discrimination incl Prejudice Racism Colorism etc
Series: Vintage International
Description: At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential works of our literature. (Vintage)February
Review Quotes: "Basically the finest essay I've ever read. . . . Baldwin refused to hold anyone's hand. He was both direct and beautiful all at once. He did not seem to write to convince you. He wrote beyond you." --Ta-Nehisi Coates
"So eloquent in its passion and so scorching in its candor that it is bound to unsettle any reader." --The Atlantic