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James Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories by James Baldwin
5.0
What can one say about Baldwin that hasn't already been said?
The two most famous works in this collection - Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni's Room - rightfully deserve their place in the canon. The lesser, and the term is relative, two - Another Country and Going to Meet the Man - are interesting in part because Going to Meet the Man comes across as a character study in part.
All the stories are meditations about sexuality and race as well the effect that the racism in society has upon relationships. There is no lecturing in Baldwin - angry, of course; loads of sorrow - but no lecturing. He wants the reader to think, and he wants the reader to feel, and to do so he takes the reader with him along the pathways of thoughts and questions.
The two most famous works in this collection - Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni's Room - rightfully deserve their place in the canon. The lesser, and the term is relative, two - Another Country and Going to Meet the Man - are interesting in part because Going to Meet the Man comes across as a character study in part.
All the stories are meditations about sexuality and race as well the effect that the racism in society has upon relationships. There is no lecturing in Baldwin - angry, of course; loads of sorrow - but no lecturing. He wants the reader to think, and he wants the reader to feel, and to do so he takes the reader with him along the pathways of thoughts and questions.