"Giovanni's Room" ist ein Roman von James Baldwin, der erstmals 1956 veröffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte spielt im Paris der 1950er Jahre und folgt dem amerikanischen Protagonisten David. David ist mit Hella verlobt, einer Amerikanerin,...

#26 on The Guardian's list of 100 best nonfiction books of all time, the essays explore what it means to be Black in America In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and...

Tish is nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. The two families struggle win justice for Fonny. von Baldwin, James

"Giovanni's Room" von James Baldwin ist ein eindringlicher Roman, der sich mit Themen wie Identität, Sexualität und gesellschaftlichen Normen auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte spielt im Paris der 1950er Jahre und folgt dem jungen...

In this honest and stunning novel that inspired the award-winning major motion picture of the same name, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. "A major work of Black American fiction... His best...

Mit leidenschaftlicher Intensität schildert der Autor das Schicksal eines jungen, rauschgiftsüchtigen Afroamerikaners. Abiturempfehlung zu den Themenbereichen Drugs und Race relations von Baldwin, James

"Blues for Mister Charlie" ist ein Theaterstück von James Baldwin, das lose auf einem realen Mordfall basiert und die Themen Rassismus, Gerechtigkeit und gesellschaftliche Spannungen in den USA der 1960er Jahre untersucht. Die Handlung...

Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play¿wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay...

Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply felt essays examines topics ranging from race relations in the United States to the role of the writer in society, and offers personal...

"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 A national...

"Baldwin on race is Baldwin on the white American psyche.... The Cross of Redemption becomes an absorbing portrait of Baldwin's time-and of him." -New York Review of Books A revelation by an American literary master: a gathering of...

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend¿s return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened ¿ while...